title: Application and comparison of two modelling techniques for hospital bed management.
abstract: The use of the bed occupancy management and planning system (BOMPS) and the Sorensen multi-phased bed model were used to assess the implications of a hospital expanding its emergency facility. BOMPS flow modelling generates resource utilisation data dependent on the best visual and statistical fit between mixed exponential equations and time of bed occupancy; the Sorensen model creates models based on probabilities and length of stay distributions. Both models identified the presence of two streams of flow. However, there were differences in the number of beds identified as being short and longer stay. The advantage of flow modelling is that it enables decision-makers to pre-test their decisions.
authors.affiliation: St George's Hospital Medical School, London.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mackay
authors.forename: P H
authors.initials: PH
authors.lastname: Millard
mesh_terms: D001315:Australia; D001509:Bed Occupancy / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D002637:Chest Pain; D003660:Decision Support Systems, Management; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital; D006752:Hospital Planning / Q000379:methods / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D007902:Length of Stay; D015233:Models, Statistical; D020380:Needs Assessment / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D010343:Patient Admission; D010351:Patient Discharge / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011336:Probability; D012985:Software Design; D013597:Systems Analysis