title: Study provides regional comparisons of utilization data.
abstract: Data Library: Nationwide trends show hospital acute care capacity and utilization still on the decline. With shorter lengths of stay and medical advances, hospitals are downsizing by cutting the number of beds in service. This month's column shows exactly how many beds have been cut and in which parts of the country. Use these data to compare your organization's discharge numbers, occupancy rates, and average lengths of stay by region and nationally.
mesh_terms: D001509:Bed Occupancy / Q000706:statistics & numerical data / Q000639:trends; D019985:Benchmarking; D019538:Health Care Surveys; D006761:Hospitals / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D007902:Length of Stay / Q000706:statistics & numerical data / Q000639:trends; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians' / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D014481:United States; D014600:Utilization Review / Q000706:statistics & numerical data