This information is important to potential new businesses for identifying close quality medical care when recruiting new employees. The purpose of this data set is to provide a geographic representation of the location of each hospital in Virginia for use in economic growth and demographic studies. This data was then quality assurance checked by sending check maps to Planning District Commission offices in Virginia. The data base was then updated in accordance with dialogue with PDC representatives.
Points are positionally accurate.
Hospital entrances and satellite facilities may have changed since the publication of the USGS 7.5 minute DRG quads. Many changes were made due to changes in facility status, changes in ownership, new buildings and or existence of facilities at that site. Names of the hospital are current as of the publication date of this metadata. The publication dates of each DRG vary widely. DRGs were used as a backdrop in ArcInfo in order to locate each hospital facility.