Friday, August 2, 2013

WAY TO DETERMINE SIZE OF THE HOSPITAL

Hospital bed requirement is directly proportional to the population it caters. Simple way to determine the number of bed required for a Government hospital would be as follows.

Lets assume the average size of a district as one million population.

Lets assume the annual rate of admission as 1 per 50 population and average length of stay in a hospital as 5 days, the number of beds required for a district having a population of 10 lakhs will be as follows:

The total number of admission per year = 10,00,00 x 1/50 = 20,000

Beds per year = 20,000 x 5 = 1,00,000

Total number of beds required when occupancy is 100% = 1,00,000/365 = 275 beds
Total number of beds required when occupancy is 80% = 1,00,000/365 x 80/100 = 220 beds.

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