Calculating & Reporting Healthcare Statistics

1. Calculating & Reporting Healthcare Statistics Second Edition Chapter 4 Percentage of Occupancy

2. Inpatient Bed Count • The number of available facility inpatient beds, both occupied and vacant, on any given day • In a hospital this includes beds set up for normal use, whether or not they are occupied • May be reported for the entire hospital or for any of its units ©2006 All rights reserved.

3. Inpatient Bed Count • Excludes beds in • Treatment rooms • Examining rooms • Emergency services • Physical therapy • Labor rooms • Recovery rooms • Newborn beds, called bassinets, are computed separately from the bed count ©2006 All rights reserved.

4. Newborn Bassinet Count • The number of available hospital newborn bassinets, both occupied and vacant, on any given day ©2006 All rights reserved.

5. Inpatient Bed Count • In a hospital, the number of available beds in a facility or a unit may remain constant for long periods of time • The number can and often does change • Some beds may be unavailable during a major remodeling or renovation project • May increase after the project is completed ©2006 All rights reserved.

6. Inpatient Bed Count • Other names • Bed complement • Bed capacity • This may be confusing as this also denotes the number of beds that a facility has been designed and constructed to contain ©2006 All rights reserved.

7. Bed Count Days • A unit of measure denoting the presence of one inpatient bed (either occupied or vacant) set up and staffed for use in one 24-hour period • Refers to the sum of inpatient bed count days for each of the days in the period under consideration • May be referred to as the maximum number of patient days or potential days because they represent a statistical probability of every bed being occupied every day • If every hospital bed were filled each day the occupancy rate would be 100 percent ©2006 All rights reserved.

8. Bed Occupancy Ratio/Percentage • The ratio of inpatient service days to bed count days in the period under consideration • The inpatient census represents the actual occupancy (number of occurrences) • The bed count represents the possibility for occupancy (number of times it could have occurred or the maximum possible) ©2006 All rights reserved.

9. Bed Occupancy Ratio/Percentage • Formula • Total inpatient service days in a period x 100 / Total bed count days in the period (Bed count x Number of days in the period) ©2006 All rights reserved.

10. Bed Occupancy Ratio/Percentage • Other Names • Percent of Occupancy • Occupancy Percent • Occupancy Ratio ©2006 All rights reserved.

11. Change in Bed Count • Represents a permanent change and is not designed to meet an emergency situation ©2006 All rights reserved.

12. Newborn Bassinet Occupancy Ratio • Formula • Total newborn inpatient service days for a period x 100 / Total newborn bassinet count x Number of days in the period ©2006 All rights reserved.

13. Bed Turnover Rate • The number of times a bed, on average, changes occupants during a given period of time, OR • The average number of admissions per bed per time period • Useful because two time periods may have the same percentage of occupancy, but the turnover rates may be different ©2006 All rights reserved.