title: Capacity planning seeing the forest for the trees.
abstract: Strategies for responding to today's rise in demand for inpatient services are many. The following are a few "tried-and-true" strategies: Build new and replacement hospitals Spin off specialty services Convert space occupied by less-profitable specialty services Improve patient management Reclaim mothballed space Implement urgent care tracks for appropriate ED patients.
authors.affiliation: McManis Consulting, Greenwood Village, Colo., USA.
authors.forename: Dean C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Coddington
authors.forename: Keith D
authors.initials: KD
authors.lastname: Moore
authors.forename: David C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Stephens
mesh_terms: D001509:Bed Occupancy / Q000639:trends*; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand / Q000639:trends*; D006742:Hospital Bed Capacity; D006752:Hospital Planning / Q000191:economics / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D010343:Patient Admission / Q000639:trends*; D010934:Planning Techniques; D014481:United States; D014600:Utilization Review