title: Bed occupancy. Don't take it lying down.
abstract: There is no standard optimum occupancy rate for hospitals. Bed occupancy rates must be considered in relation to the number of beds in a hospital. In general, a large hospital operating the same occupancy rate as a small one will have to turn away fewer patients. The bed needs of each trust need to be analysed in greater detail than has previously been the case.
authors.affiliation: Royal Berkshire Hospital.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Jones
mesh_terms: D001509:Bed Occupancy / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006742:Hospital Bed Capacity; D006779:Hospitals, Public / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D015233:Models, Statistical; D013222:State Medicine; D006113:United Kingdom