title: A case for a hospital census variation and bed needs formula.
abstract: Do we really want to limit hospital beds to 4.0 per thousand in every health service area? Are 80 percent occupancy and 1,000 patient days per thousand really what we want? The author suggests the goals are contradictory, and poses an alternative--variable occupancy standards.
mesh_terms: D001509:Bed Occupancy; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006761:Hospitals / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D007902:Length of Stay; D009313:National Health Programs / Q000592:standards; D014481:United States; D014768:Virginia