Emergency hospital bed occupancy shows hidden patterns of long-term volatility

What is it about?

Analysis of a very long time series of bed occupancy at a large acute hospital shows specialty-specific hidden patterns in the volatility associated with emergency admissions.

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Why is it important?

Running an acute hospital is vastly more complex than policy makers realize. It is seemingly far easier to blame acute hospitals for 'not trying hard enough' than to accept the fact that ignorance of the real issues is to blame.

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