Table 1. Hospital size and census, San Francisco County, 1996 to 1999.

Hospital	# beds	# ICUa beds	Yearly admissions	Average length of stay (days)	Blood culture sets/year	% + blood cultures
1	482	47	20,340	6.6	16,325	11
2	371	32	14,305	3.8	9,108	9
3	304	30	18,843	7.5	12,929	13
4,5b	302	31	10,893	5.8	10,800	6
6	284	12	5,939	8.3	3,580	12
7	253	15	7,982	7.3	4,865	9
8	240	15	9,887	7.6	5,475	6
9	221	18	6,139	6.6	2,582	11
10	209	19	6,655	6.7	4,974	14
11	209	8	3,293	9.3	2,515	10
12	59	7	2,260	5.4	1,464	13
13c	1,280	0	1,211	351.2	N/A

^aICU beds includes medical, surgical, cardiac, and neurologic adult critical care.

^bAdministration, microbiology laboratories merged. Average number per hospital given.

^cSkilled nursing facility.