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P J Phillip

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PubMed1984

Toward a better understanding of hospital occupancy rates.

This article starts out with the premise that a "uniform occupancy rate" for hospitals is not a meaningful concept because the ability of individual hospitals to maintain a certain occupancy rate consistent with a specified "protection level" depends upon several factors. These factors include hospital size, the number of nonsubstitutable patient facilities, the percent of nonurgent (elective) beds, the number of hospitals serving an area, and the relative variation (fluctuation) in the demand for services faced by the hospital. A regression analysis with observed, overall occupancy rate as the dependent variable, and measures that attempt to represent the factors just mentioned as independent variables, tends to substantiate this line of reasoning. However, inasmuch as the status of the independent variables (that is, whether or not they can be regarded as justifiable or uncontrollable) depends largely on the circumstances of each case, the regression model cannot be used as a standard-setting tool. Nonetheless, it offers valuable guidelines for hospital management, planners, and regulators in such areas of decisionmaking as the location and size of hospitals, and acceptable occupancy standards.

Bed Occupancy↗
PubMed1978

The AHA cost and intensity indexes: a rejoinder.

Conventional studies point to the spiraling cost of hospital services as the principal, if not the only, cause of escalating hospital expenditures; but using the AHA's Hospital Intensity Index to obtain a measure of the "real" volume of services provided by the industry opens up a whole new perspective--a perspective that gives attention to the role played by increased demand for services, as opposed to mere cost control.

American Hospital Association↗
PubMed1975

Classification of community hospitals.

This articles describes the methodology, results, and potential applications of a study conducted by the authors to classify the nation's community hospitals. The classification system is offered as a preferable alternative to the system presently used by the Social Security Administration to implement Section 223 of the Social Security Amendments of 1972 (P.L. 92-603).

Hospitals, Community↗