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Establishing a national indicator-based surveillance system for hospital bed utilization by COVID-19 patients in the Philippines

open access: yesWestern 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   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Accelerated discharge of patients in the event of a major incident: observational study of a teaching hospital [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
BackgroundSince October 2002 in the UK Primary Care Trusts (PCTs) have had statutory responsibility for having and maintaining a Major Incident plan and since 2005 they have been obliged to co-operate with other responders to an incident.
Kirsty Challen   +11 more
core   +2 more sources

Bed capacities and disinfection practices in hospitals in Istanbul are correlated [PDF]

open access: yesAnnals 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
openaire   +2 more sources

Impact of COVID‐19 on acute isolation bed capacity and nursing workforce requirements: A retrospective review

open access: yesJournal of Nursing Management, 2021
Aim To understand the impact of COVID‐19 on isolation bed capacity requirements, nursing workforce requirements and nurse:patient ratios. Background COVID‐19 created an increased demand for isolation beds and nursing workforce globally.
P. Fan   +9 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The impact of inpatient bed capacity on length of stay

open access: yesEuropean Journal of Health Economics, 2021
Objective Large reductions in inpatient length of stay and inpatient bed supply have occurred across health systems in recent years. However, the direction of causation between length of stay and bed supply is often overlooked.
B. Walsh   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Hospital bed occupancy rates in England reach dangerously high levels

open access: yesBritish medical journal, 2021
NHS England cautioned that in order to treat covid and non-covid patients separately and to meet enhanced infection prevention control measures, hospital capacity has had to be organised in new ways as a result of the pandemic.
A. O'dowd
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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

open access: yesRevista 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
doaj   +1 more source

The Economics of a Bed Shortage: Certificate-of-Need Regulation and Hospital Bed Utilization during the COVID-19 Pandemic

open access: yesJournal of Risk and Financial Management, 2021
Certificate-of-need (CON) laws are intended to restrain health care spending by limiting the acquisition of duplicative capital and the initiation of unnecessary services.
M. Mitchell, Thomas Stratmann
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Equity in geographical distribution of hospital beds in Khuzestan Province [PDF]

open access: yesفصلنامه 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   +2 more
doaj  

A decision support system for demand and capacity modelling of an accident and emergency department [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
© 2019 Operational Research Society.Accident and emergency (A&E) departments in England have been struggling against severe capacity constraints. In addition, A&E demands have been increasing year on year. In this study, our aim was to develop a decision
Demir, Eren   +2 more
core   +2 more sources

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