OBJECTIVES This study analyzed the incidence and characteristics of in-hospital cardiac arrest (IHCA) in Korea based on a sample group of patients that is representative of the population. METHODS The incidence of IHCA in adults was extracted from HIRA-NIS-2009, a sample of all patients using medical services in Korea. IHCA patients were analyzed according to gender, age, type of medical inst...

Some visible effects of incompleteness of our care system are the auxiliary beds in psychiatric units of general hospitals, mainly in Attica and the very high rate of involuntary hospitalizations, 35–40% of admissions in psychiatric units of general hospitals in Athens, more than 50% in psychiatric hospitals and lower rates in other regional units. The growth of private clinics is mostly visibl...

Importance Few studies have analyzed contemporary data on outcomes at US teaching hospitals vs nonteaching hospitals. Objective To examine risk-adjusted outcomes for patients admitted to teaching vs nonteaching hospitals across a broad range of medical and surgical conditions. Design, Setting, and Participants Use of national Medicare data to compare mortality rates in US teaching and nonte...

background hospitals are highly resource-dependent settings, which spend a large proportion of healthcare financial resources. the analysis of hospital efficiency can provide insight into how scarce resources are used to create health values. this study examines the technical efficiency (te) of 12 teaching hospitals affiliated with tehran university of medical sciences (tums) between 1999 and 2...

BACKGROUND One of the important aspects of equity in health is equality in the distribution of resources in this sector. The present study aimed to assess the distribution of hospital beds in Shiraz in 2014. METHODS In this retrospective cross-sectional study, the population density index and fair distribution of beds were analyzed by Lorenz curve and Gini coefficient, respectively. Descripti...

Equipping hospital beds uses a great deal of a hospital''''s resources. Therefore, it is essential to consider the hospital beds'''' efficiency. To increase its efficiency, a fuzzy unrestricted model for managing hospital expenses is presented in this paper. The lack of beds in hospitals leads to patients’ admission loss and consecutively profit loss. On the other hand, increasing the bed count...

The NHS plan announced sustained increases in funding accompanied by wide ranging reform, the success of which would be measured by targets set across the board, including increases in numbers of beds, staff, hospitals and equipment. In this article we assess progress towards the target of 7,000 extra beds in hospitals and intermediate care to be achieved by 2004. Summary points are as follows....

Objective-To examine whether there are too many hospital beds in London. Design-Analysis of data from the Hospital InPatient Enquiry, Mental Health Enquiry, health service indicators, and Emergency Bed Service. Setting-England, London, and inner London. Results-Hospital admission rates for acute plus geriatric services for London residents were very similar to the national values in all age gro...