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High costs, lack of planning and collaboration behind University of Iowa hospital rejection

IOWA CITY — Steep project costs, lack of collaboration, insufficient planning, inefficiencies and potential harm to community health care providers are among the reasons a state council in February denied University of Iowa Health Care a certificate to build a $230 million hospital in North Liberty, records released Tuesday show.“The cost of the project is $230 million for a 36-bed facility, a cost of over $6 million per bed, making this one of the most expensive proposed projects in council history,” according to written decision from the State Health Facilities Council made public more than a month after its 2-3 vote Feb.

 

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