The American Hospital Association and other industry groups have long sought changes in the emergency room standards.

The American Hospital Association estimated that hospitals alone would need $11 billion.

The cost of goods and services used by hospitals rose about 5 percent last year, according to the American Hospital Association.

But more than 60 percent of the country's 5,500 hospitals have had at least one case this year, the American Hospital Association said.

According to 1986 statistics from the American Hospital Association, it is down 20 percent.

The American Hospital Association reported recently that industry profits were up 23 percent in 1991, and the 1992 figures are expected to be even better.

From 1991 to 1992, the number of hospitals with a women's health center rose 19 percent, according to a survey by the American Hospital Association.

In all, more than 1,300 health care institutions have already been affected, according to a survey by the American Hospital Association.

The American Hospital Association said it could have closed 700 hospitals.

Last year was the first in which most of those closing were rural hospitals, according to the American Hospital Association.