Areawide Fluctuations in Hospital Daily Census
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9099983 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Robin E MacStravic (University of Washington, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1979 |
| Volume | 17 |
| Issue | 12 |
| Pages | 1229-1237 |
| Publication date | 1979-12-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Medical Care (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0025-7079 • E-ISSN: 1537-1948 |
| Publisher | Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1097/00005650-197912000-00006 |
| PMID | 513886 |
| OpenAlex | W2033115064 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 1 |
The importance of variations in hospital census for planning bed requirements has long been recognized. Traditional models assume Poisson or normal distribution patterns accurately describe such variations in specific hospital units, entire facilities, and groups of hospitals serving the same area. A study of 20 groups of hospitals in five states indicates that these traditional statistical distributions are only occasionally accurate. Different services display different census variation patterns. The standard deviation of the daily census distribution becomes increasingly higher than the square root of the mean estimate as the size of the mean increases. Implications of this finding for regional planning and coordination of hospitals are discussed
Census · Distribution (mathematics) · Geography · Poisson distribution · Poisson regression · Population · Sociology · Standard deviation · Statistics · Demography · Global Health Care Issues · Healthcare Policy and Management · Mathematics · Primary Care and Health Outcomes
| Citations per year | 0.05 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1985 - 1985 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |