Definitive Healthcare ranked the 10 most common hospital certificate of need categories between January 2018 and September 2022 and the number of certificate requests:
1. Change in ownership/stock/management: 2,234
2. Hospital/facility renovations: 1,981
3. Certifying new units/services: 1,834
4. Get new equipment/replace equipment: 1,721
5. New hospital/unit construction: 1,606
6. Change in bed status/number/classification: 1,057
7. Certify/change service: 474
8. Hospital/facility relocation: 408
9. Transfer equipment: 75
10. Hospital/facility closure: 41
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