So many patients, so few beds.
Limited bed availability can cause bottlenecks within post-anesthesia care units and emergency departments. Here, review several solutions for decreasing inpatient delays.
Spencer
Myrna Loy McAnderson
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Providence Medical Center, Kansas City, KS, USA.
D001509:Bed Occupancy; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D006745:Hospital Bed Capacity, 300 to 499; D006757:Hospital Units / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D007615:Kansas; D010343:Patient Admission; D010360:Patient Transfer; D010561:Personnel Staffing and Scheduling; D017748:Time Management