Evaluating Inpatient Hospital Bed Need at the Community Level

An important component of health care planning at the community level is identification inpatient hospital bed capacity. In United States, hospitals are major providers patient and largest sources expenses. This study evaluated capacity for services including adult medicine, surgery, obstetrics. It was based on local regional demographics, admissions per capita, inmigration, lengths stay. The also involved use methodology to estimate need a reduction in discharges 15 percent. has been experience area between 2019 2022. included utilization decline resulted occupancy service from 1213.1 1012.6 patients 80 percent best practice stays region.