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..The goal of the conceptual model is to provide a practical framework on which an organized research, policy, and operations management agenda can be based to alleviate ED crowding...

..In addition, we sought to measure the degree of physical crowding and personnel shortage in our sample...

..49 (ns). The conclusions drawn from the study are that in many Trusts the rates of bed occupancy for general surgery and general medicine is in excess of national guidelines and rapid turnover of patients is ..

..This article will review how overcrowding occurred with a focus on the significance and potential remedies of extended boarding of admitted patients in the Emergency Department...

..As a result of Fast Track, the Emergency Department waiting area is less congested and staff moral has increased. A further consequence of Fast Track is that nurses are providing more advanced clinical services to patients...

To investigate total diabetes bed occupancy and prolonged inpatient length of stay (LOS) in all English Acute Hospitals, we analysed hospital episode statistics (HES) discharge data for all English Acute Hospitals over 4 years for ICD10 ..

To compare diabetes bed occupancy and inpatient length of stay, before and after the introduction of a dedicated diabetes inpatient specialist nurse (DISN) service in a large UK Hospital.

..To study differences related to intensive care unit (ICU) structure and patient demography between the various countries of Western Europe...

..To examine the relationship between hospital and emergency department (ED) occupancy, as indicators of hospital overcrowding, and mortality after emergency admission...

..DESIGN: Comparative analysis of medical patient flows, bed occupancy, and emergency department admission rates and access block over 2 years...

..a follow on from an article concentrating on Northern Ireland) examines the relationship between percentage bed occupancy (PO), turnover interval (TI) and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) rates in the acute beds of ..

..To establish whether reinstitutionalisation is occurring in mental health care and, if so, with what variations between western European countries...

..To establish a database that permits description and analysis of the evolving role, patterns of use, and costs of critical care medicine (CCM) in the United States from 1985 to 2000...

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) incidence and bed occupancy rates at St Luke's Hospital, Malta, were assessed over a 24-month period. A significant positive correlation was established (r=0.463; P<0...

..To develop insights on the impact of size, average length of stay, variability, and organization of clinical services on the relationship between occupancy rates and delays for beds...

..The main objective of this study is to apply autoregressive integrated moving average (ARIMA) models to make real-time predictions on the number of beds occupied in Tan Tock Seng Hospital, during the recent SARS outbreak...

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..Data on utilization of paediatric surgical services and the burden of paediatric surgical diseases in the West African subregion is scarce...

..A secondary objective was to evaluate if the critically ill patients had been admitted and treated in the most appropriate medical facility...

The objective of this study was to assess hospital bed occupancy both by planned and unplanned cases, and to assess how supply and demand affect bed occupancy...

..The number of medical patients occupying surgical beds decreased by 100 per cent, which reduced disruption to elective surgery schedules...

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..Day case surgery is the most cost-effective approach for all minor, most intermediate and some major surgery...

..Cancellation of operations increases theatre costs and decreases efficiency. We examined the causes of theatre cancellations in general surgery...

..Successfully respond to patient throughput challenges, such as bottlenecks and lack of resources...

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..To investigate inefficiencies during patients' stay in neurosurgical beds...

..Trauma patients may have to be diverted to other hospitals to receive the appropriate level of care. Patients who require specialty services may have to wait for extended periods to obtain a bed in a referral center...

..Among the explanatory variables considered, geographic location, competition, hospital size and occupancy rate were identified as the main contributors to hospital profitability...

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..transfer to other intensive care units, cancellation of operations, tighter visitation criteria and an increase in the work-load. The problem is illustrated in a national survey...

..The objective of this study was to develop a practical method for quantifying the revenues that are potentially lost as a result of patient elopements and ambulance diversion...

..We conclude that the programme is an effective way to enhance the knowledge and skills of bed managers, and that the enhanced profile of bed management raises challenges for nurse managers in many areas of the organization...

..On the upside, we identified 15 efficient hospitals. The developed model and analysis has affected the federal state's most recent medium term planning cycle...

..This finding suggests that, in some cases, aggregating inpatients with similar clinical conditions may result in lower cost of care, shorter length of stay, and fewer hospital deaths...

..To examine the effects of emergency department (ED) expansion on ambulance diversion at an urban, academic Level 1 trauma center...

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..Federal and state health officials should also play an active role in monitoring progress and compliance...

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..Solid evidence to support the improvement of hospital and patient care efficiency through the identification and suggested elimination of waste patterns within the transport process is presented...

..7days. Bed turnover rate was 13.8 and was higher for emergency beds (22.1) compared to OPD beds (9). Bed occupancy rate was 61.3% with significant difference between OPD beds (57.5%) and emergency beds (65.4%).

..We examine the validity of the emergency department (ED) occupancy rate as a measure of crowding by comparing it to the Emergency Department Work Index Score (EDWIN), a previously validated scale...

..One alternative is to board admitted patients in inpatient hallways. We assess ED patient preferences for boarding location...

..We measure the effect of various input, throughput, and output factors on daily emergency department (ED) mean length of stay per patient (daily mean length of stay)...

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..3,4 The problems are best seen as a failure in the overall system with inadequacies in the bed base (bed occupancy levels are frequently in excess of 95%), inefficiencies in the way patients are managed within the ED and ..

..The turnover rate, turnover interval, bed occupancy rate and average length of stay were closely corroborating.

..Hospital type was also an important factor for performance. The rural hospital indicators would be useful to hospital planners and regional policy makers for comparison purposes and for highlighting issues that need to be addressed...

..Emergency department (ED) overcrowding is a common problem. Despite a widespread belief that low hospital bed availability contributes to ED overcrowding, there are few data demonstrating this effect...

..Little or no literature exists on this topic...

..Limited bed availability can cause bottlenecks within post-anesthesia care units and emergency departments. Here, review several solutions for decreasing inpatient delays...

..Further to the scientific results, such studies will enhance much necessary discussions on the organisation of service delivery and financing, by following case mix classification...

..02) but did not experience other significant delays. CONCLUSIONS: During times of acute overcrowding, the most significant delay occurs awaiting placement in the ED bed...

..Hospital overhead costs are increasing faster than would be expected if efficiency were the primary goal of hospital management...

..4) Potential solutions for ED overcrowding will require multidisciplinary system-wide support...

..Foreign field hospitals (FFHs) may provide care for the injured and substitute for destroyed hospitals in the aftermath of sudden-onset disasters...

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..This difference could not be accounted for by differences in maternal or neonatal demographic characteristics, bed occupancy rates, or a higher incidence of culture-proven nosocomial bacterial or fungal infections...

..The analysis of such experience raises the issues related to intensive care in a developing country in terms of technical and social efficiency...

..To identify factors contributing to significant differences between two university hospital departments of ophthalmology, one in Paris, France, and the other in Zagreb, Croatia, in their clinical effectiveness and cost-efficiency...

..Using bed occupancy in health and social care facilities as a proxy for ill health, this paper investigates the relationship ..

..b>Bed occupancy rates are generally very low in secondary hospitals in Bolivia, with that figure being just 43% in the ..

..This study aimed to evaluate the potential impact of one additional cleaner by using microbiological standards based on aerobic colony counts and the presence of Staphylococcus aureus including meticillin-resistant S. aureus...

..The economic impact of stroke is clearly seen, as it is the largest single cause of bed occupancy in hospitals in England and accounts for 6% of hospital costs...

..The main outcome measures were clinical stage, HIV status, bacteraemia, length of stay, bed occupancy, final diagnosis and outcome of hospital admission...

..Nurse shortage and rising healthcare resource burdens mean that appropriate workforce use is imperative. This paper aims to evaluate whether daily nursing staffing meets ward workload needs...

..Time series analysis of daily bed occupancy in different specialty areas by influenza-related and influenza-unrelated cases was performed...

..This audit focused on the number of admissions, the bed occupancy, the number of incidents, the number of days the ward doors were locked, observation levels, sickness levels ..

..Communication may affect perceptions of fair process for intensive care unit bed allocation decisions through its impact on the publicity condition of accountability for reasonableness...

..and were associated with physical, functional and psychological morbidity for patients and excess cost, bed occupancy, complaints and litigation for hospitals...

..To describe changes in admission patterns, bed resources and hospital use in acute public hospitals and their relationship with early readmissions and interhospital transfers in Victoria between 1987 and 1995...

..between war and mental health and gender and mental health respectively--it explores changing patterns in bed occupancy in terms of both gender and age differences within this society...

..Furthermore, such models may suggest the advantage of bedside or point-of-care testing and how they might affect efficiency measures...

..approach to triaging acute chest pain syndromes may lead to unnecessary admissions, resulting to in-hospital bed occupancy and increased healthcare costs...

..The current prevalence rate of infection is estimated at 4.4% nationally. Hospital bed occupancy rate due to AIDS has reached over 50% in urban hospitals creating a severe burden to the health service system ..

..The aim of this study was to evaluate the utility and hospital economics of acute MPI in Swedish ED patients with suspected ACS...

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..To propose an objective approach in order to determine the number of beds required for a hospital department by considering how recruitment fluctuates over time. To compare this approach with classical bed capacity planning techniques...

..To describe the changes occurring over a 3-year period after implementation of an evidence-based clinical practice guideline for the care of infants with bronchiolitis...

..This paper aims to explore the options available for developing community-based care and improving the quality of care in psychiatric hospitals in Ghana...

..02). Multivariate analysis did not find any independent risk factor. Bed occupancy rate in March 2006 was 109.6%, indicating overcrowding...

..this include that there have been increases in admission rates, the proportion of compulsory admissions, and bed occupancy rates...

..To describe the effect of implementing an evidence-based clinical practice guideline for the inpatient care of infants with bronchiolitis at the Children's Hospital Medical Center in Cincinnati, Ohio...

Early discharge after myocardial infarction is safe and feasible. Factors that delay discharge need to be identified in order to improve care and reduce bed occupancy.

..Secondary outcomes will be user satisfaction assessed with a survey instrument and an assessment of marketability based on structured interviews with key hospital leadership personnel. ..

..Secondary outcomes will be user satisfaction assessed with a survey instrument and an assessment of marketability based on structured interviews with key hospital leadership personnel. ..

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..This investigation examines use of agency staff and quality of care. Our results will have implications for policy makers, practitioners, and consumers. ..

..We will examine the associations between staffing levels, turnover, stability, and use of agency staff and quality, not only for licensed practical nurses (LPNs), and registered nurses (RNs), but also for nurse aides (NAs). ..

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..This information will further our development of a standardized incident reporting mechanism recommended by the Institute of Medicine and others. ..

..This project has promising potential to improve quality of care to the rural population using the novel approach of focusing on an understudied area, nursing in rural hospitals. ..

..Because the study centers on a priority population-children-it also addresses the AHRQ mission of assessing the quality of care for vulnerable populations. ..

..In collaboration with outcomes and effectiveness researchers, we plan to conduct further studies to test the efficacy of our risk model. ..

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..In collaboration with outcomes and effectiveness researchers, we plan to conduct further studies to test the efficacy of our risk model. ..

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..In collaboration with outcomes and effectiveness researchers, we plan to conduct further studies to test the efficacy of our risk model. ..

..A second potential outcome will be to make available cost-effective screening tools for monitoring adverse events and errors. ..

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..Our work will focus on Black-White differences, disparities for Hispanics (including subgroups like Mexican and Puerto Rican), and disparities for Asian and Pacific Islanders. ..

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