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 | 1. CGRMC's full time Patient Advocate reports approximately 95% of all patients interviewed are satisfied with their hospital stay. |  |
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 | 2. Within 5 years of moving into a community, virtually ALL families will "touch" or be touched by hospital emergency services. (The first year nearly 1 in 5 new residents will have to visit the Emergency Department.) |  |
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 | 3. Casa Grande's population is expected to double during the next five years and Pinal County's population is projected to exceed 250,000 by 2012. |  |
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 | 4. During peak use, the wait times in CGRMC's Emergency Department can be excessive and patients can be lining the hallways waiting for a bed. |  |
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 | 5. There are less than 500 independent, community hospitals remaining in America. CGRMC is rated within the top 5% of these institutions.
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