Economics of Occupancy with Varying Mixes of Private and Other Patient Accommodations: A Simulation

AUTOR(ES)

Thompson, John D.

RESUMO

The economic implications of all-single-room patient units were explored through an inpatient unit simulation operated under three different patient loads and with five combinations of room arrangements. Only a slight difference in percentage occupancy for the various accommodation mixes was found. Although the optimal mix of private and multiple-bed accommodations cannot be expressed as a universal percentage because of its dependence on medical, social, and economic factors, the influence of these factors can be determined in specific situations and the results of various inpatient unit arrangements predicted by the simulator.

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