title: Careful study and management can cut low-occupancy costs.
abstract: Several assumptions that are often made about low occupancy and the excess costs that such a situation involves are qualified and clarified by this author. The complexity of low-occupancy situations is made clear, and the many factors involved in such situations are explained. Before administrators take action to alleviate a low-occupancy situation, a thorough analysis should be done. Several alternative responses to low occupancy are suggested here.
mesh_terms: D001071:Appointments and Schedules; D001509:Bed Occupancy; D003363:Cost Control; D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis; D006739:Hospital Administration; D008824:Michigan; D010343:Patient Admission; D010561:Personnel Staffing and Scheduling