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Assessing the Performance Indicators of Hospitals Before and After the Pandemic of COVID-19: A Time Series Study from January 2019 to December 2021 [PDF]
Background: The pandemic of COVID-19 affect all healthcare systems globally, and its effect on different hospital performance indicators has been debated. The study aimed to compare the impacts of COVID-19 on hospital performance indicators using pre-and
Sima Rafiei +4 more
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This study integrates the job demands-resources model and authentic leadership theory to test the general hypothesis that authentic leadership is a job resource that enables flourishing and performance in healthcare teams. Furthermore, this article tests
Pedro Marques-Quinteiro +3 more
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Forecasting local hospital bed demand for COVID-19 using on-request simulations
Accurate forecasting of hospital bed demand is crucial during infectious disease epidemics to avoid overwhelming healthcare facilities. To address this, we developed an intuitive online tool for individual hospitals to forecast COVID-19 bed demand.
Raisa Kociurzynski +13 more
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Length of Hospital Stay and Bed Occupancy Rates in Former Yugoslav Republics 1989-2015. [PDF]
Cvetkovic A +3 more
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BackgroundOver the last decade, increasing numbers of emergency department attendances and an even greater increase in emergency admissions have placed severe strain on the bed capacity of the National Health Service (NHS) of the ...
Kanan Shah +5 more
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Primary triage nurses do not divert patients away from the emergency department at times of high in-hospital bed occupancy - a retrospective cohort study [PDF]
Background: Emergency department (ED) overcrowding is frequently described in terms of input- throughput and output. In order to reduce ED input, a concept called primary triage has been introduced in several Swedish EDs.
Fredrik Jonsson +5 more
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Dear Editor, The latest encounter that I had with the mysterious term ‘bed occupancy rate’ was when I had to interact with a high power committee dealing with rationalisation of medical establishments. For them, that term was as relieving as measuring ‘weight by kilogram or measuring length by meter’. I sulked in surprise.
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Estimating bed occupancy [PDF]
Sir: Peter Greengross' recent article on the pressure on acute adult psychiatric beds was a useful attempt to quantify an important problem ( Psychiatric Bulletin , February 2000, 24 , 54-56).
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Variation in compulsory psychiatric inpatient admission in England:a cross-sectional, multilevel analysis [PDF]
Background: Rates of compulsory admission have increased in England in recent decades, and this trend is accelerating. Studying variation in rates between people and places can help identify modifiable causes.
Bhui, K. +8 more
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Lowering bed occupancy: a life-saving intervention? [PDF]
High levels of bed occupancy intuitively seem to be bad for patient care. Apart from the direct consequences of full wards and rapid turnover, the knock-on effects for the emergency department (ED) are likely to include exit block and consequent crowding, with associated threats to patient safety. Observational evidence suggests that high bed occupancy
Goodacre, S., Campbell, M.
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