Nursing Home Bed Need Projections


  Revised using 2007-2009 Annual Report Data                Effective: July 2010

COMMUNITY

2007-2009
AVERAGE YEARLY
PATIENT DAYS

2007-2009 AVERAGE DAILY CENSUS

# BEDS AS OF 2009 REPORT DATA

ADDITIONAL NURSING HOME BED NEED

2009 PERCENT OCCUPANCY RATE

Anaconda

20,699

57

62

5

88

Baker

9,000

25

27

2

85

Bigfork

21,909

60

83

0

69

Big Sandy

6,722

18

22

0

89

Big Timber

11,963

33

35

4

88

Billings

257,250

705

867

0

80

Boulder

24,480

67

68

11

94

Bozeman*

56,927

156

283

0

54

Broadus

9,276

25

41

0

69

Browning*

10,604

29

47

0

69

Butte

78,077

214

401

0

55

Chinook

14,374

39

42

4

94

Choteau

19,478

53

77

0

68

Clancy*

19,209

53

70

0

76

Columbia Falls

33,790

93

105

4

85

Columbus

17,736

49

82

0

62

Conrad

20,453

56

67

0

83

Crow Agency

8,295

23

40

0

53

Cut Bank

10,223

28

39

0

83

Deer Lodge

19,401

53

76

0

72

Dillon

24,399

67

87

0

75

Ekalaka

6,582

18

23

0

72

Ennis

10,598

29

40

0

72

Eureka

16,497

45

49

4

90

Forsyth

12,888

35

35

7

92

Fort Benton

13,224

36

45

0

85

Glasgow

23,946

66

96

0

69

Glendive

45,071

123

155

0

79

Great Falls

163,600

448

613

0

70

Hamilton

41,546

114

161

0

68

Hardin

10,845

30

36

0

87

Havre

40,610

111

136

0

80

Helena

74,658

205

299

0

64

Hot Springs

10,494

29

64

0

45

Jordan**

5,858

16

24

0

49

Kalispell

126,812

347

405

4

84

Laurel

26,809

73

79

7

94

Lewistown

72,775

199

377

0

52

Libby

26,751

73

101

0

67

Livingston

21,887

60

115

0

49

Malta

15,356

42

48

1

85

Miles City

40,622

111

191

0

60

Missoula

121,711

333

413

0

88

Philipsburg

8,031

22

24

2

89

Plains

9,567

26

28

3

94

Plentywood

21,316

58

78

0

75

Polson

11,262

31

110

0

30

Red Lodge

12,717

35

76

0

47

Ronan

30,070

82

98

0

83

Scobey

10,456

29

30

4

94

Shelby*

13,394

37

63

0

63

Sheridan

12,715

35

39

2

91

Sidney

33,253

91

93

14

97

Stevensville

16,667

46

50

4

89

Townsend

11,649

32

35

3

86

Whitefish

35,032

96

100

13

95

Wibaux

10,357

28

40

0

66

Wolf Point

19,914

55

60

4

89

*When total patient days for the community for one year falls 10 percent or more below the three-year average, that year is removed and a two-year average is used.
**When total patient days for the community for two years fall 10 percent or more below the three-year average, those years are removed and a single year is used.

Page last updated: 07/30/2010