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Optimizing Hospital Bed Capacity and Resource Allocation Using Inflow and Outflow Indices for Effective Healthcare Management [PDF]

open access: yesInquiry: The Journal of Health Care Organization, Provision, and Financing
This study analyzes hospital bed capacity and resource allocation using inflow and outflow indices to identify disparities in bed utilization. The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the need for effective healthcare management, particularly in the allocation ...
Jin-Nam Kim PhD, In-Hwan Oh MD, PhD
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The health cost of reducing hospital bed capacity

open access: yesSocial Science and Medicine, 2022
In the past two decades, most high-income countries have reduced their hospital bed capacity. This could be a sign of increased efficiency but could also reflect a degradation in quality of care. In this paper, we use repeated cross-sections on mortality and staffed hospital beds per capita in all 21 Swedish regions to estimate the potential death toll
Jonathan Siverskog, Martin Henriksson
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EVALUATING THE USE OF HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY IN MEDICAL ORGANIZATIONS

open access: yesФармакоэкономика, 2018
Since recently, a number of normative legal acts aimed at increasing the salaries of medical professionals in the Russian Federation have been implemented.
I. A. Zheleznyakova   +4 more
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Prediction of hospital bed capacity during the COVID− 19 pandemic [PDF]

open access: yesBMC Health Services Research, 2021
Background Prediction of the necessary capacity of beds by ward type (e.g. ICU) is essential for planning purposes during epidemics, such as the COVID− 19 pandemic.
Mieke Deschepper   +5 more
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Prediction of hospital bed capacity during the COVID-19 pandemic [PDF]

open access: yesBMC Health Services Research, 2020
Abstract Background: Prediction of the necessary capacity of beds by ward type (e.g. ICU) is essential for planning purposes during epidemics, such as the COVID-19 pandemic. The COVID-19 taskforce within the Ghent University hospital made use of ten-day forecasts on the required number of beds for COVID-19 patients across different wards ...
Deschepper M   +5 more
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Changes in the Number of Physicians and Hospital Bed Capacity in Europe

open access: yesValue in Health Regional Issues, 2022
Our aim was to examine the numbers of practicing physicians and total numbers of hospital beds in European Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development countries.Data analyzed were derived from the "Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development Health Statistics 2020" database between 1980 and 2018.
Diana Elmer   +2 more
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A forecasting approach for hospital bed capacity planning using machine learning and deep learning with application to public hospitals

open access: yesHealthcare Analytics, 2023
Hospital Bed Capacity (HBC) planning affects economic and social sustainability in healthcare through bed capacity efficiency and medical treatment accessibility.
Younes Mahmoudian   +2 more
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Hospital concentration and bed capacity [PDF]

open access: yesApplied Economics Letters, 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the importance of hospital bed capacity. Some policy experts claim that hospital mergers and lax antitrust oversight contributed to hospital bed shortages in t...
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Do hospitals need to establish multiple hospital districts? A hospital-based perspective on the benefits of scale

open access: yesFrontiers in Public Health, 2023
BackgroundDuring the fight against COVID-19, China’s public hospitals played the main role in taking on the most urgent, dangerous and arduous medical treatment and work.
Yuan Zheng   +5 more
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Assessing the surge capacity of hospitals in Ugandan health care systems in managing the COVID-19 pandemic

open access: yesEuropean Psychiatry, 2023
Introduction The increasing cases of COVID-19 poses a threat on the over strained health care systems, especially in developing countries. Health care systems might need a surge to accommodate the ever increasing number of COVID1-19 cases.
D. Jephthah, I. Ddumba
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