title: Hospitals in Utah reduce costs, improve use of facilities.
abstract: A serious problem in rural areas is low occupancy for acute care hospital beds and a desperate need for additional long-term care beds. In Utah, this problem has been solved through the "swing bed" concept. Under this program, underutilized acute care beds can be used for long-term care patients. As a result, all beds are more fully utilized, and long-term care patients in rural areas do not have to be moved to cities.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001509:Bed Occupancy / Q000191:economics; D003422:Critical Care / Q000191:economics; D006744:Hospital Bed Capacity, 100 to 299; D006769:Hospitals, General / Q000191:economics* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D008134:Long-Term Care / Q000191:economics; D012423:Rural Health / Q000191:economics* / Q000458:organization & administration; D014589:Utah