The curse of census variation.
Variations in daily census have been on ongoing problem for hospitals. An even greater, but virtually ignored, problem is that of yearly census variation. In this article, formulas for predicting the possible range in utilization over the life of the physical facility and methods of planning for those variations are discussed.
D001071:Appointments and Schedules; D001509:Bed Occupancy; D006761:Hospitals / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D010343:Patient Admission; D010934:Planning Techniques; D013223:Statistics as Topic; D014481:United States