### Question
What does eligible hospital mean?


### Answer
**Eligible hospital** has the following meaning in *42 U.S.C. § 274f*:

> a hospital that performs significant trauma care, or a hospital or consortium of hospitals that serves a population base of not fewer than 200,000 individuals

#### Citation:
  - *42 U.S.C. § 274f*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 6A-PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE > SUBCHAPTER II-GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES > Part H-Organ Transplants**

