Evaluation of a pragmatic approach to predicting COVID-19-positive hospital bed occupancy [PDF]
BMJ Health & Care InformaticsStudy objectives This study evaluates the feasibility and accuracy of a pragmatic approach to predicting hospital bed occupancy for COVID-19-positive patients, using only simple methods accessible to typical health system teams.Methods We used an ...
Azeem Majeed +5 more
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Analysis of bed occupancy data on the acute medical unit. [PDF]
Future Healthc J, 2020 Hospitals may struggle to operate effectively and meet quality standards when unscheduled (emergency) admission rates are high in relation to operational capacity. Understanding patterns of ward admission and discharge from acute medical units (AMU) can help inform resource allocation. Discharges early in the day are advocated as a means to improve bed
Baykov D, Skeldon A, Whyte M.
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Bed occupancy rates and hospital-acquired infections—should beds be kept empty? [PDF]
Clinical Microbiology and Infection, 2012 There is growing evidence that bed occupancy (BO) rates, overcrowding and understaffing influence the spread of hospital-acquired infections (HAIs). In this article, a systematic review of the literature is presented, summarizing the evidence on the adverse effects of high BO rates and overcrowding in hospitals on the incidence of HAIs.
Klaus Kaier, Nico T Mutters
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MARKETING MIX BY BED OCCUPANCY RATIO (BOR)
Jurnal Ners, 2017 Introduction: Bed Occupancy Ratio (BOR) in RSI Arafah Mojosari during the last three years are at under ideal rate and the lowest of the three existing hospitals in the area of Mojosari.
Abdul Muhith +2 more
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Dynamic fair balancing of COVID-19 patients over hospitals based on forecasts of bed occupancy [PDF]
Omega, 2023 Stef Baas +2 more
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Association Between Rurality and Financial Performance of Public Hospitals in Japan: A Nationwide Cross‐Sectional Study [PDF]
Journal of General and Family MedicineBackground Ensuring sustainable healthcare delivery in rural Japan is a policy priority. However, the relationship between geographic rurality, as measured objectively, and the financial performance of public hospitals essential to these areas remains ...
Kota Sakaguchi +6 more
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The association between bed occupancy rates and hospital quality in the English National Health Service. [PDF]
Eur J Health Econ, 2023 We study whether hospitals that exhibit systematically higher bed occupancy rates are associated with lower quality in England over 2010/11–2017/18. We develop an economic conceptual framework to guide our empirical analysis and run regressions to inform
Bosque-Mercader L, Siciliani L.
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Likelihood of admission to hospital from the emergency department is not universally associated with hospital bed occupancy at the time of admission [PDF]
International Journal of Health Planning and Management, 2021 Ellen Tolestam Heyman +2 more
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PLoS ONE, 2022 Remdesivir and dexamethasone are the only drugs providing reductions in the lengths of hospital stays for COVID-19 patients. We assessed the impacts of remdesivir on hospital-bed resources and budgets affected by the COVID-19 outbreak. A stochastic agent-
Guillaume Béraud +2 more
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, 2021 Objectives Predicting bed occupancy for hospitalised patients with COVID-19 requires understanding of length of stay (LoS) in particular bed types. LoS can vary depending on the patient’s “bed pathway” - the sequence of transfers between bed types during
Leclerc QJ +10 more
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