title: Hospital buildings have few alternative uses.
abstract: A year ago HEW published guidelines regulating hospital beds and occupancy rates. Reluctant to close their doors, administrators have sought conversion alternatives, most of them impractical and economically impossible. A go-slow attitude is recommended, as population increases will dictate hospitals' proper response.
mesh_terms: D001509:Bed Occupancy; D005161:Facility Regulation and Control; D006271:Health Facility Closure; D006285:Health Planning; D006287:Health Planning Guidelines; D006307:Health Systems Agencies; D006739:Hospital Administration; D006749:Hospital Design and Construction; D006752:Hospital Planning / Q000191:economics*; D014481:United States; D014483:United States Dept. of Health and Human Services