Acute versus sub-acute care beds: Should Australia invest in community beds at the expense of hospital beds?

2014 ◽  
Vol 48 (10) ◽  
pp. 952-954 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen Allison ◽  
Tarun Bastiampillai ◽  
Robert Goldney
Keyword(s):  
Acute Care ◽  
Hospital Beds

Managing the increasing shortage of acute care hospital beds in Israel

2014 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 79-84 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chanan Meydan ◽  
Ziona Haklai ◽  
Barak Gordon ◽  
Joseph Mendlovic ◽  
Arnon Afek
Keyword(s):  
Acute Care ◽  
Acute Care Hospital ◽  
Care Hospital ◽  
Hospital Beds

Anticipating Change: How Many Acute Care Hospital Beds Will Manitoba Regions Need in 2020?

2005 ◽  
Vol 24 (S1) ◽  
pp. 133-140 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gregory S. Finlayson ◽  
David Stewart ◽  
Robert B. Tate ◽  
Leonard MacWilliam ◽  
Noralou Roos
Keyword(s):  
Trend Analysis ◽  
Acute Care ◽  
Acute Care Hospital ◽  
Population Projections ◽  
Care Hospital ◽  
Projection Model ◽  
Lengths Of Stay ◽  
Hospital Beds ◽  
The Future ◽  
Occupancy Rates

ABSTRACTBeing able to anticipate future needs for health services presents a challenge for health planners. Using existing population projections, two models are presented to estimate the demand for hospital beds in regions of Manitoba in 2020. The first, a current-use projection model, simply projects the average use for a recent three-year period into the future. The second, a 10-year trend analysis, uses Poisson regression to project future demand. The current-use projection suggests a substantial increase in the demand for hospital beds, while the trend analysis projects a decline. The last projections are consistent with ongoing increases in rates of day surgeries and declines in lengths of stay. The current-use projections need to be considered in the context of relatively low occupancy rates in rural hospitals and previous research on appropriateness of stays in acute care hospitals. If measures are taken to ensure more appropriate use of acute care hospital beds in the future, then the current-use projections of bed shortages are not a cause for concern.

Long Stay Hospital Patients in Acute Care Hospital beds - What does Dementia have to do with this?

2013 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
pp. S141
Author(s):  
Pamela Jarrett ◽  
Rose McCloskey ◽  
Connie Stewart ◽  
Alexander R. McCollum ◽  
Heather Oakley
Keyword(s):  
Acute Care ◽  
Acute Care Hospital ◽  
Care Hospital ◽  
Hospital Beds ◽  
Hospital Patients ◽  
Stay Hospital

Acute care and failure to rescue

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-12
Author(s):  
Fiona Creed
Keyword(s):  
Patient Safety ◽  
Patient Care ◽  
Acute Care ◽  
Hospital Environment ◽  
Failure To Rescue ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Hospital Environments ◽  
Hospital Beds ◽  
Hospital Wards

The last decade has seen significant changes in management and care of patients in the United Kingdom who are acutely ill. Increasing pressures on hospital beds has meant the patients are discharged earlier and sometimes admitted later to the hospital environment, resulting in an overall increased acuity in hospital wards. This chapter discusses the factors that have impacted upon the delivery of acute care in hospital environments. It looks at the concept of failure to rescue and the role of human factors in delivery of patient care. It explores the need for an increased focus on patient safety in acute care and considers tools that can facilitate the delivery of effective patient care.

A Methodology for Estimating Hospital Bed Need in Manitoba in 2020

2005 ◽  
Vol 24 (S1) ◽  
pp. 141-151 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert B. Tate ◽  
Leonard MacWilliam ◽  
Gregory S. Finlayson
Keyword(s):  
Health Policy ◽  
Acute Care ◽  
Acute Care Hospital ◽  
Care Hospital ◽  
Hospital Beds ◽  
Hospital Bed ◽  
University Of Manitoba ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Methodological Considerations ◽  
The University

ABSTRACTA team of health researchers of the Manitoba Centre for Health Policy at the University of Manitoba was asked to forecast the number of acute care hospital beds that will be required to meet the needs of residents of the province of Manitoba by the year 2020. Methodological considerations for this request included identification of factors expected to affect bed use in the future, and how to account for these factors. The objective of this paper is to describe these methodological considerations, how decisions were made, and steps taken in our approach to this problem. The actual projections and their implications are the subject of another contribution in this issue of the journal (Finlayson, Stewart, Tate, MacWilliam & Roos, 2005).

Addressing Myths about End-of-Life Care: Research into the Use of Acute Care Hospitals over the Last Five Years of Life

2002 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 29-38 ◽  
Author(s):  
Donna M. Wilson ◽  
Corrine D. Truman
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Acute Care ◽  
End Of Life Care ◽  
Secondary Analysis ◽  
Terminally Ill ◽  
Acute Care Hospital ◽  
Care Hospital ◽  
Life Care ◽  
Hospital Beds ◽  
Hospital Use

Despite very little confirming evidence, one of the most pervasive beliefs about dying is that terminally ill people receive a great deal of health care in the last few days, weeks, or months of life. A secondary analysis of 1992/93 through 1996/97 Alberta inpatient hospital abstracts data was undertaken to explore and describe hospital use over the five years before death by all Albertans who died in acute care hospital beds during the 1996/97 year (n=7,429). There were four key findings: (1) hospital use varied, but was most often low, (2) the last hospital stay was infrequently resource intensive, (3) age, gender, and illness did not distinguish use, and (4) most ultra-high users were rural residents, with the majority of care episodes taking place in small, rural hospitals.

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