NORTHEASTERN VERMONT REGIONAL HOSPITAL
Hospital Capital Investments
Text Box: This page provides information about the hospital's capital spending plans for the next four years. Capital spending is money spent on purchases and improvements to the hospital including buildings, property, and equipment.
    National Benchmarks          
  20041[1] 20062 Hospital Data Vermont  
Capital Indicators Major New RNFP3 RNFP3 S & P3 Actual Actual Actual Budget Budget 2007  
  Definition Teaching England 25-99 Beds 100-249 Beds A- Rated 2004 2005 2006 2007 Median  
         
Age of Plant The average age (in years) of buildings and equipment. 11.0 10.7 10.6 10.4 9.6 10.6 11.5 11.2 10.2 10.2  
Age of Plant - Building The average age (in years) of buildings. N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 18.1 19.6 17.5 14.4 13.7  
Age of Plant - Equipment The average age (in years) of equipment. N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 6.8 7.5 7.7 7.6 8.7  
Net Property, Plant & Equipment per Staffed Bed On average, the amount of buildings, property, and equipment for each hospital bed. ####### $300,031 $173,323 ####### N/A $368,925 $323,042 $420,378 $418,891 $354,869  
Long Term Debt to Total Assets The hospital's borrowing compared to what it owns. 39.0% 31.0% 26.0% 28.0% N/A 17.8% 30.8% 29.6% 28.2% 27.4%  
Capital Acquisitions as % of Net Patient Revenue A measure of spending on buildings, property, and equipment. N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 5.2% 11.0% 7.2% 7.4% 6.2%  
     
  Hospital Data  
Capital Plans Actual Budget Plan Plan Plan  
  (all #'s in thousands) 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010  
     
Building & Property Capital Expenditures Money spent to buy hospital buildings and property. ………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………… $1,380 $0 $2,225 $250 $250  
Equipment Capital Expenditures Money spent to buy hospital equipment. ………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………… $1,305 $3,050 $1,348 $1,325 $1,640  
Possible Certificate of Need (CON) Projects Projects the hospital needs a permit from the state to build or acquire.    
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DAY SURGERY, DIAG IMAGING, IS MODERNIZATION CON issued February 2007 ………………………………………………………… …………………………………………………………   $8,200 $0 $0 $0  
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Total Capital Expenditures Total money spent on buildings, property, equipment, and possible CONs. ………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………… $2,685 $11,250 $3,573 $1,575 $1,890  
1  2004 benchmarks are 50th percentile data from "The Sourcebook: The Comparative Performance of U.S. Hospitals", published by Solucient, LLC, and are all national groupings except for New England.
2  2006 stand-alone hospital medians from Standard and Poor's, the bond rating agency.  The bond rating is one indicator of how likely it is that a hospital would be able to borrow money.
3  Rural Not-For-Profit.  The grouping includes rural not-for-profit hospitals in the U.S. having a number of beds between the number shown.