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Bed capacity and surgical waiting lists: a simulation analysis [PDF]
European Journal of Government and Economics, 2015 Waiting time for elective surgery is a key problem in the current medical world. This paper aims to reproduce, by a Monte Carlo simulation model, the relationship between hospital capacity, inpatient activity, and surgery waiting list size in teaching ...
Manel Antelo +2 more
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Кубанский научный медицинский вестникBackground. The efficiency of healthcare institutions directly affects the overall level of public health. Analyzing inpatient care performance provides an opportunity to assess the quality of medical services, identify existing organizational issues ...
O. V. Kudelina +2 more
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Acute Hospital Bed Capacity - A National Review
, 2002 The Programme for Prosperity and Fairness outlined the commitment of the Government to a review of hospital bed capacity in both acute and non-acute settings, to be carried out by the Department of Health and Children in conjunction with the Department of Finance and in consultation with the Social Partners.
Department of Health (Ireland)
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The effect of time-varying capacity utilization on 14-day in-hospital mortality: a retrospective longitudinal study in Swiss general hospitals [PDF]
BMC Health Services Research, 2022 Background High bed-occupancy (capacity utilization) rates are commonly thought to increase in-hospital mortality; however, little evidence supports a causal relationship between the two.
Narayan Sharma +5 more
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Bed capacities and disinfection practices in hospitals in Istanbul are correlated [PDF]
Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials, 2015 Disinfection, antisepsis and sterilization (DAS) practices are of critical importance in hospital practice. This study aims to investigate the daily DAS practices of private hospitals in Istanbul, Turkey.The DAS practices of 155 private hospitals in Istanbul province were investigated using a questionnaire including 26 questions.
Bahri Teker +4 more
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Urgent actions to save lives when ICU bed needs approach or exceed capacity: lessons from Mongolia
Western Pacific Surveillance and Response, 2022 This report illustrates how the Government of Mongolia responded to a rapid surge of COVID-19 cases during 2021 and took urgent actions to minimize preventable mortality. The analytical framework on efficient ICU bed management through a systems approach
Buyantogtokh Batsukh +8 more
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BMC Health Services Research, 2020 Background Determining the optimal number of hospital beds is a complex and challenging endeavor and requires models and techniques which are sensitive to the multi-level, uncertain, and dynamic variables involved. This study identifies and characterizes
Hamid Ravaghi +3 more
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Suicide Rates and the Declining Psychiatric Hospital Bed Capacity in the United States.
JAMA Psychiatry, 2017 Gibbons RD, Hur K, Mann JJ.
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Hospital Costs and Excess Bed Capacity: A Statistical Analysis [PDF]
The Review of Economics and Statistics, 1996 This paper develops and estimates a cost model for U.S. hospitals, analyzing the cost of excess bed capacity. A new estimate is worth making for at least two reasons. Recent changes in the economic environment of hospitals have caused their utilization rates to fall sharply, making previous estimates inaccurate. Second, we employ econometric techniques
Keeler, Theodore E., Ying, John S.
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Medical Care Capacity for Influenza Outbreaks, Los Angeles
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2002 In December 1997, media reported hospital overcrowding and “the worst [flu epidemic] in the past two decades” in Los Angeles County (LAC). We found that rates of pneumonia and influenza deaths, hospitalizations, and claims were substantially higher for ...
Carol A. Glaser +7 more
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