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Assessing the hospital surge capacity of the Kenyan health system in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic.

PLoS ONE, 2020
IntroductionThe COVID-19 pandemic will test the capacity of health systems worldwide and especially so in low- and middle-income countries. The objective of this study was to assess the surge capacity of the Kenyan of the Kenyan health system in terms of
Edwine W Barasa, Paul O Ouma, Emelda A Okiro   +2 more
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Prescription factors influencing baloxavir prescription during the 2018/2019 and 2019/2020 seasons: a administrative database study in Japan

Journal of Pharmaceutical Health Care and Sciences, 2023
Background We aimed to evaluate the factors associated with baloxavir prescription in Japanese hospitals using a health insurance claim-based database (MDV analyzer), during the 2018/2019 and 2019/2020 influenza seasons.
Naomi Fujiwara, Takashi Fujiwara, Yuya Ise   +2 more
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New bed configurations and discharge timing policies: A hospital‐wide simulation

, 2022
Objective: Optimising patient flow is becoming an increasingly critical issue as patient demand fluctuates in healthcare systems with finite capacity.
Hamed Hassanzadeh, Khanna, Sankalp, Boyle, Justin, Jensen, Felicity, Felicity Jensen, Sankalp Khanna, Hassanzadeh, Hamed, Allison Murdoch, Justin Boyle, Murdoch, Allison   +9 more
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Healthcare capacity measurement [PDF]

, 2009
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to present findings from an action research intervention in the outpatient department of a National Health Service (NHS) Hospital.
Bamford, David, Chatziaslan, Elizabeth
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Optimizing inpatient bed management in a rural community-based hospital: a quality improvement initiative

BMC Health Services Research, 2023
Background Appropriate use of available inpatient beds is an ongoing challenge for US hospitals. Historical capacity goals of 80% to 85% may no longer serve the intended purpose of maximizing the resources of space, staff, and equipment.
Brian N. Bartlett, Nadine N. Vanhoudt, Hanyin Wang, Ashley A. Anderson, Danielle L. Juliar, Jennifer M. Bartelt, April D. Lanz, Pawan Bhandari, Gokhan Anil   +8 more
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Establishing a national indicator-based surveillance system for hospital bed utilization by COVID-19 patients in the Philippines

Western Pacific Surveillance and Response, 2023
In March 2020, the Philippine Department of Health (DOH) designed and rapidly implemented a national surveillance system for the utilization of hospital beds by patients with coronavirus disease (COVID-19) to produce complete and timely data for use by ...
Bienvenido S Cabaro III, Gabrielle Ann T Dela Paz, Jeffrey B Dotingco, Bernadette Joy Q Almirol, Gabriel R Borlongan, Reena Ophelia D Cebreros, Patrick B Diangco, Kenneth Pierre B Quijalvo, Joanne Pauline U Tan, Ramon Rafael D Tonato   +9 more
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Leitos de assistência hospitalar geral do Vale do Paraíba, Brasil, 1974 Hospital bed availability in the general hospitals in the Paraíba Valley, SP, Brazil, 1974

Revista de Saúde Pública, 1980
Com o objetivo de estabelecer relações entre recursos do Sistema Saúde - leitos - e os pacientes internados, foram estudadas as saídas ocorridas em leitos de assistência hospitalar geral do Vale do Paraíba (Brasil), em 1974.
Cid Guimarães
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Using autoregressive integrated moving average (ARIMA) models to predict and monitor the number of beds occupied during a SARS outbreak in a tertiary hospital in Singapore. [PDF]

, 2005
BACKGROUND: The main objective of this study is to apply autoregressive integrated moving average (ARIMA) models to make real-time predictions on the number of beds occupied in Tan Tock Seng Hospital, during the recent SARS outbreak.
Donald Ng, Arul Earnest, Leo Yee Sin, Mark I Chen, Chen, Mark I, Earnest, Arul, Ng, Donald, Sin, Leo Yee   +7 more
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Equity in geographical distribution of hospital beds in Khuzestan Province [PDF]

فصلنامه ابن سینا, 2020
Background: Equity in the health system is “people's access to the health services according to their needs, paying for healthcare based on the financial ability, and having an acceptable level of health”. Equitable distribution of hospital beds plays an
Ali Mohammad Mosadeghrad, Hamed Dehnavi, Alireza Darrudi   +2 more
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Development of accreditation modules based on hospital types in Iran: Protocol for a mixed methods study

Journal of Education and Health Promotion
BACKGROUND: Among different tools, accreditation is widely used worldwide to improve the quality and safety of hospital services. In Iran, as in many other countries, the same accreditation standards apply to all hospitals, regardless of their size and ...
Ali Ghaffarian, Azam Cheraghi, Masoud Ferdosi   +2 more
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