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University Medical Center
Fiscal Year 2007


Resources

• 987 employees
• Total collections $118.9 million (state general fund $4 million, commercial/private pay $4.9 million, miscellaneous self generated $3.7 million, Medicare $12.6 million, Medicaid $35.0 million, Medicaid Uncompensated Care $58.7 million)

Estimated economic impact

• $228.7 million in overall business activity (Factor of 2.12 based on a July 2007 report "Hospitals and the Louisiana Economy," prepared for the Louisiana Hospital Association by Dr. James A. Richardson, Alumni Professor of Economics at Louisiana State University)

Patient Population

• Approximately 71,136 (between 7/1/05 - 6/30/07)

Capacity

• 82 adult/pediatric staffed beds
• 19 psychiatric staffed beds
• 146 licensed beds
• 10 nursery bassinets

Inpatient Admissions

• 5,070 adult/pediatric admissions
• 380 psychiatric admissions
• 95 neonatal ICU admissions
• 309 nursery admissions

Inpatient Days

• 23,343 adult pediatric inpatient days
• 6,407 psychaiatric inpatient days
• 1,741 neonatal ICU inpatient days
• 804 nursery inpatient days

Outpatients

• 196,139 clinic visits
• 40,871 emergency visits

Live Births

• 403 births

Residency Programs: 182 Medical Residents and Fellows

• LSU Health Sciences Center
• Family Practice/OB
• Internal Medicine
• General Surgery
• Orthopedic Surgery
• GYN
• Ear, Nose and Throat
• Cardiology
• Ophthalmology

Nursing and Allied Health Training
439 students

• LSUHSC School of Nursing — Nurse Practitioner, CRNA
• Louisiana State University, Eunice — Respiratory Care, Associate in Nursing, Radiologic Technology
• University of Louisiana at Lafayette — Baccalaureate Program and Master of Science in Nursing
• Various Louisiana Technical Colleges — Paramedic, LPN, EMTs, Surgical Technology, Nursing Assistant
• McNeese State University — Master of Science in Nursing Program
• University of Iowa — EMS
• Northwestern State University — Associate Degree in Nursing, Baccalaureate in Nursing, and Master of Science in Nursing
• National EMS Academy — EMT, Paramedic
• Remington College — Medical Assistant
• Southern University, Baton Rouge — Graduate Nursing Program
• University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Nursing — Graduate Studies
• Florida Institute of Ultrasound — Ultrasound Technician
• University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston School of Nursing — Graduate Studies
• Pharma-Safe, LLC — Paramedic Program
• University of South Alabama School of Nursing — Graduate Studies
• Our Lady of the Lake College Nurse Anesthesia Program
• Delta College Practial Nursing Program
• Loyola University New Orleans — FNP Program
• University of Texas Health and Science Center at Houston — Graduate Nursing Program
• Lafayette High School Health Academy
• Iberia Parish Career Shadowing Program
• ULL Upward Bound Program
• ULL Department of Kinesiology


larry dorsey

has been Hospital Administrator of the University Medical Center since 1989. He is a graduate of the University of Texas and has extensive Accounting and Health Care Administration experience.