### Question
How is the term eligible hospital defined?


### Answer
The term **eligible hospital** is defined in *42 U.S.C. § 274f* as the following:

> 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**

