What is it about?
Hospitals with very few admissions within 2 hours show high proportions of admissions with waits over 3 hours. Proportion admitted in 2 hours declines with increasing average occupancy.
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Why is it important?
Yet another study showing that access block in the ED is mostly about inpatient bed availability.
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Part of a wider series on hospital bed numbers and bed occupancy, see http://www.hcaf.biz/2010/Publications_Full.pdf
Dr Rodney P Jones
Healthcare Analysis & Forecasting
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This page is a summary of: A&E performance and inpatient bed occupancy, British Journal of Healthcare Management, June 2011, Mark Allen Group,
DOI: 10.12968/bjhc.2011.17.6.256.
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