A New Approach for Understanding International Hospital Bed Numbers and Application to Local Area Bed Demand and Capacity Planning.

ABSTRACT: Three models/methods are given to understand the extreme international variation in available and occupied hospital bed numbers. These models/methods all rely on readily available data. In the first, occupied beds (rather than available beds) are used to measure the expressed demand for hospital beds. The expressed occupied bed demand for three countries was in the order Australia > England > USA. Next, the age-standardized mortality rate (ASMR) has dual functions. Less developed countries/regions have low access to healthcare, which results in high ASMR, or a negative slope between ASMR versus available/occupied beds. In the more developed countries, high ASMR can also be used to measure the 'need' for healthcare (including occupied beds), a positive slope among various social (wealth/lif

SUBMITTER: Jones RP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11353596 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature