wbjournal.com | November 22, 2021 | Worcester Business Journal 15
Our team
is here for you
Local, Independent,
Certified Financial Planners
www.CarrFinancial.net
Call for a no-obligation discussion
about what we can do for you
Call 508.795.0264
20 Park Avenue
Worcester, MA 01605
T A X S T R A T E G Y | I N V E S T M E N T | R E T I R E M E N T
Securities offered through LPL Financial, member FINRA/SIPC. Investment advice
offered through Private Advisor Group, a registered investment advisor. Private
Advisor Group & Carr Financial Group are separate entities from LPL Financial.
H E A L T H C A R E F O C U S
Bed demand by age
The age breakdown of Central Massachusetts emergency room patients waiting for
evaluation and placement into an inpatient behavioral health facility
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
Ages 18-64 Ages 65 + Ages 0-17
Sept. 13 Sept. 20 Sept. 27
Oct. 4
Number of beds needed
Note: MHHA breaks the figures down by region. Central Massachusetts is considered Region 2, which includes Athol
Hospital, Harrington Hospital, Heywood Hospital, Milford Regional Medical Center, Nashoba Valley Medical Center,
Saint Vincent Hospital, UMass Memorial HealthAlliance-Clinton Hospital, and UMass Memorial Medical Center.
Source: Massachusetts Health & Hospital Association
tend to the patients using those beds,
and not every inpatient would neces-
sarily need inpatient-level care if other
services were more readily available –
and funded.
Like many other sectors, health care
has suffered from staffing challenges,
and these challenges have had an impact
on the behavioral health sector, said
Mirhej, including the number of psychi-
atric beds a healthcare system is able to
keep online.
Continued on next page
