What is it about?
As (midnight) medical bed occupancy increases so does cancelled elective operations. The effect arises due to daytime medical occupancy which leads to bed borrowing from other specialties.
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Why is it important?
Interpret (midnight) bed occupancy figures with caution. Midnight is near to the minimum point in the daily occupancy cycle.
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High occupancy is a known source of all manner of operational and safety problems, 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: Medical bed occupancy and cancelled operations, British Journal of Healthcare Management, December 2014, Mark Allen Group,
DOI: 10.12968/bjhc.2014.20.12.594.
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