title: Hospital bed needs defy cut-and-dried planning.
abstract: The types and uses of hospital beds vary widely, so bed need cannot be adequately determined by strict planning models and cannot adequately indicate a community's total health care needs. Health planners must recognize these limitations and must use more sensitive methods to determine needs of patients, health care institutions, and communities.
mesh_terms: D006285:Health Planning; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006742:Hospital Bed Capacity; D006752:Hospital Planning; D008962:Models, Theoretical