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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

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, Giusi Moffa, René Schwendimann, Olga Endrich, Dietmar Ausserhofer, Michael Simon   +5 more
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Efficiency assessment of hospital bed capacity in a regional oncology center: A observational retrospective study

Кубанский научный медицинский вестник
Background. 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, K. A. Gamirova, M. Yu. Grishenko   +2 more
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A system dynamics-based simulation study for managing clinical governance and pathways in a hospital [PDF]

, 2010
This paper examines the development of clinical pathways in a hospital in Australia based on empirical clinical data of patient episodes. A system dynamics (SD)-based decision support system (DSS) is developed and analyzed for this purpose.
Dangerfield, BC, Maliapen, M
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Forecasting COVID-19 impact on hospital bed-days, ICU-days, ventilator-days and deaths by US state in the next 4 months

medRxiv, 2020
Key Points Question: Assuming social distancing measures are maintained, what are the forecasted gaps in available health service resources and number of deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic for each state in the United States? Findings: Using a statistical
C. Murray
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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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New bed configurations and discharge timing policies: A hospital‐wide simulation

Emergency Medicine Australasia, 2022
Optimising patient flow is becoming an increasingly critical issue as patient demand fluctuates in healthcare systems with finite capacity. Simulation provides a powerful tool to fine‐tune policies and investigate their impact before any costly ...
Hamed Hassanzadeh, Sankalp Khanna, J. Boyle, Felicity Jensen, Allison Murdoch   +4 more
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Forecasting local hospital bed demand for COVID-19 using on-request simulations

Scientific Reports, 2023
Accurate forecasting of hospital bed demand is crucial during infectious disease epidemics to avoid overwhelming healthcare facilities. To address this, we developed an intuitive online tool for individual hospitals to forecast COVID-19 bed demand.
Raisa Kociurzynski, Angelo D’Ambrosio, Alexis Papathanassopoulos, Fabian Bürkin, Stephan Hertweck, Vanessa M. Eichel, Alexandra Heininger, Jan Liese, Nico T. Mutters, Silke Peter, Nina Wismath, Sophia Wolf, Hajo Grundmann, Tjibbe Donker   +13 more
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A discrete event simulation model to support bed management [PDF]

, 2016
This is the author accepted manuscript. The final version is available from the publisher via the DOI in this record.In recent years, due to the overcrowding of Emergency Department (ED) and the growing concern in reducing the number of inpatient ward ...
Landa, P, Landa, Paolo, Sonnessa, Michele, Testi, Angela, Tànfani, Elena   +4 more
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Identifying priorities for primary care investment in Ireland through a population-based analysis of avoidable hospital admissions for ambulatory care sensitive conditions (ACSC)

BMJ Open, 2019
Background In 2016, the Irish acute hospital system operated well above internationally recommended occupancy targets. Investment in primary care can prevent hospital admissions of ambulatory care sensitive conditions (ACSCs).Objective To measure the ...
Geraldine McDarby, Breda Smyth
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Impact of Hospital Bed Shortages on the Containment of COVID-19 in Wuhan

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2020
The global outbreak of COVID-19 has caused worrying concern amongst the public and health authorities. The first and foremost problem that many countries face during the outbreak is a shortage of medical resources. In order to investigate the impact of a
Weike Zhou, Aili Wang, Xia Wang, R. Cheke, Yanni Xiao, Sanyi Tang   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source