Variation of Daily Care Demand in Swiss General Hospitals: Longitudinal Study on Capacity Utilization, Patient Turnover and Clinical Complexity Levels

BackgroundVariations in hospitals’ care demand relies not only on the patient volume but also on the disease severity. Understanding both daily severity and patient volume in hospitals could help to identify hospital pressure zones to improve hospital-capacity planning and po...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Narayan Sharma, René Schwendimann, Olga Endrich, Dietmar Ausserhofer, Michael Simon
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: JMIR Publications 2021-08-01
Series:Journal of Medical Internet Research
Online Access:https://www.jmir.org/2021/8/e27163