Why occupancy isn't the best measure of hospital performance
MacStravic, R.E.; Field, N.
Trustee the Journal for Hospital Governing Boards 33(8): 33-36
1980
ISSN/ISBN: 0041-3674 PMID: 10247782 Document Number: 163916
Occupancy is a time-honored measure of hospital efficiency and bed need, but it is a measure whose chief virtue is its ease of calculation. Specific indicators of cost, quality, and access are more difficult to develop and interpret, but they are far more accurate and important measures of the appropriateness of a hospital's capacity and use.
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