Section 590.400  Data Elements Used in Designation Process

a)         Population counts and demographic information describing a rational service area are those available in the most recently published decennial population  census prepared by the U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census.

b)         Information regarding physicians practicing in an area is collected by Department staff. Such information includes specialty, practice location(s), amount of time in practice per week, and approximate or exact age of physician.

c)         Full-time-equivalencies for primary care physicians are calculated comparing a physician's office hours per week to that reported nationally by the American Medical Association (See Subpart A, Section 590.20).

d)         Number of obstetricians providing patient care in a particular year in Illinois will be obtained from the American Medical Association's Center for Health Policy Research.

e)         Number of births in a particular year in Illinois will be obtained from the Department.