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During 2020, twenty-one (21) Mississippi hospitals operated certified distinct-part geriatric psychiatric units (Geropsych DPU) with a total of 331 beds. Geropsych units receive Medicare certification as a distinct-part psychiatric unit but are licensed as short-term acute hospital beds. These Geropsych units served a total of 53,962 inpatient days of psychiatric services to patients aged fifty-five (55) and older.
The industry standard formula for determining Geropsych DPU bed need is 0.5 beds per 1,000 population aged fifty-five (55) and over. The State Data Center of Mississippi under the University of Mississippi Center for Population Studies, projects Mississippi will have 943,320 persons aged fifty-five (55) and older by 2025. This population will need a total of 472 Geropsych DPU beds. The optimum unit size of a Geropsych unit is twelve (12) to twenty-four (24) beds. Table 3-9 shows the state's twenty-one (21) distinct-part geriatric psychiatric units. County population projections can be found in Chapter 1 of this Plan.
The following facilities received approval through a Determination of Reviewability for the establishment of a Geriatric Psychiatric Distinct Part (Geriatric-Psychiatric DPU or Gero-psych) Unit/Service:
* Garden Park Medical Center (Add 8 beds) - Approved on 12/15/2017
* Garden Park Medical Center (Amendment to add 1 bed) - Approved on 10/19/2018
* Merit Health Wesley (Add 2 beds) - Approved on 3/15/2019
* Tippah County Hospital (Add 10 beds) - Approved on 12/23/2019
* Trace Regional Hospital (Add 8 beds) - Approved on 4/9/2020
Table 3-9
Geriatric Psychiatric Bed Utilization FY 2020
Facility | County | Licensed Beds | Inpatient Days | Occupancy Rate (%) | ALOS | Discharges | Discharge Days |
State Total | 331 | 53,962 | 44.54 | 11.98 | 4,492 | 53,794 | |
General Hospital Service Area 1 | 22 | 906 | 11.25 | 9.75 | 93 | 907 | |
Panola Medical Center | Panola | 22 | 906 | 11.25 | 9.75 | 93 | 907 |
General Hospital Service Area 2 | 80 | 5,650 | 19.30 | 16.75 | 339 | 5,677 | |
Alliance Health Care Center | Marshall | 65 | 1,586 | 6.67 | 23.55 | 69 | 1,625 |
Baptist Memorial Hospital- Booneville | Perry | 15 | 4,064 | 74.03 | 15.01 | 270 | 4,052 |
General Hospital Service Area 3 | 36 | 6,152 | 46.69 | 10.67 | 585 | 6,244 | |
Bolivar Medical Center | Bolivar | 12 | 2,852 | 64.94 | 11.17 | 257 | 2,870 |
Delta Regional Medical Center West Campus | Washington | 14 | 393 | 7.67 | 7.02 | 56 | 393 |
North Sunflower Medical Center | Sunflower | 10 | 2,907 | 79.43 | 10.96 | 272 | 2,981 |
General Hospital Service Area 4 | 38 | 8,043 | 57.83 | 12.85 | 614 | 7,888 | |
Monroe Regional Hospital | Monroe | 10 | 2,237 | 61.12 | 12.56 | 169 | 2,123 |
Trace Regional Hospital | Chickasaw | 18 | 3,457 | 52.47 | 12.68 | 267 | 3,386 |
Winston Medical Center | Winston | 10 | 2,349 | 64.18 | 13.37 | 178 | 2,379 |
General Hospital Service Area 5 | 77 | 17,251 | 61.21 | 12.07 | 1,426 | 17,214 | |
Claiborne County Hospital | Claiborne | 10 | 2,220 | 60.66 | 11.57 | 194 | 2,244 |
Merit Health Rankin | Rankin | 18 | 4,702 | 71.37 | 11.56 | 396 | 4,578 |
Merit Health River Region | Warren | 13 | 2,388 | 50.19 | 11.90 | 206 | 2,451 |
Mississippi Baptist Medical Center | Hinds | 16 | 4,399 | 75.12 | 13.63 | 326 | 4,444 |
Sharkey- Issaquena Community Hospital | Sharkey | 10 | 1,202 | 32.84 | 9.58 | 128 | 1,226 |
Simpson General Hospital | Simpson | 10 | 2,340 | 63.93 | 12.90 | 176 | 2,271 |
General Hospital Service Area 6 | 38 | 7,006 | 50.37 | 10.97 | 639 | 7,012 | |
Alliance Health Center | Lauderdale | 12 | 2,089 | 47.56 | 9.39 | 227 | 2,131 |
Anderson Regional Medical Center South | Lauderdale | 16 | 2,892 | 49.39 | 11.76 | 246 | 2,892 |
Neshoba County General Hospital | Neshoba | 10 | 2,025 | 55.33 | 11.98 | 166 | 1,989 |
General Hospital Service Area 7 | 26 | 5,248 | 55.15 | 11.06 | 470 | 5,200 | |
Beacham Memorial Hospital | Pike | 14 | 3,084 | 60.19 | 10.56 | 292 | 3,084 |
Merit Health Natchez | Adams | 12 | 2,164 | 49.27 | 11.89 | 178 | 2,116 |
General Hospital Service Area 8 | 14 | 3,706 | 72.33 | 11.20 | 326 | 3,652 | |
Merit Health Wesley | Lamar | 14 | 3,706 | 72.33 | 11.20 | 326 | 3,652 |
Source: Applications for Renewal of Hospital License for FY 2020; MSDH Division of Health Planning and Resource Development
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