The report also points out that private hospitals can and do meet the needs of many poor families, especially those enrolled in Medicaid.

Meanwhile, hospital support services are being stripped out to enable hospitals to meet their revised budgets.

If a hospital meets a set quality of care index score, physician payments are increased.

Barpak needs a bank and a mini hospital to meet the healthcare needs of the community.

A hospital, he said, would not meet that standard.

You can also find out whether the hospital meets accreditation standards or has received awards for quality.

It found that the hospital did not meet the standards for staffing levels and for providing support to staff.

Other hospitals can effectively meet the needs of patients with less severe injuries, and may be closer to the scene.

The hospital, which has 250 beds, also met a second requirement - supervision of the intensive care unit by a specialist.

There was no announcement of which hospitals had met the criteria.