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Bed usage in a Dublin teaching hospital: a prospective audit

Authors:	A.?John,D.?P.?Breen,A.?Abdul Ghafar,T.?Olphert,C.?M.?Burke author-information" > author-information__contact u-icon-before" > mailto:jcm.respiratorymedicine@nahb.ie" title=" jcm.respiratorymedicine@nahb.ie" itemprop=" email" data-track=" click" data-track-action=" Email author" data-track-label=" " >Email author

Affiliation:	(1) Department of Surgery, University Hospital Maastricht, PO Box 5800, 6202 AZ Maastricht, the Netherlands;(2) Department of Clinical Epidemiology & Medical Technology Assessment, University Hospital Maastricht, Maastricht, the Netherlands;(3) Nutrim, Maastricht University, Maastricht, the Netherlands;(4) Tromso, Norway

Abstract:	Aims and methods We prospectively audited inpatient bed use in our hospital for the first three months of this year. While 70% (mean age 54±20.8 years) of our patients went home on the day they were medically discharged, 30% (mean age 70.3±18.3 years) remained in the hospital awaiting step-down facilities. The total of 486 bed days occupied by overstaying patients would if available, have allowed treatment of 54% more patients without any increase in the hospital complement of beds, preventing the cancellation of elective procedures and preventing patients remaining on trolleys overnight.

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