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. 2024 Feb 28;13(1):e002484. doi: 10.1136/bmjoq-2023-002484

Table 5.

Net financial returns due to the improvement plan

Indicator Year
2020 2021 2022
Total number of beds 220 283 293
Bed occupancy rate (%) 62.0 81.0 75.0
Current bed use 136 229 220
Hospital LOS (days) before 9.5 6.8 5.5
Hospital LOS (days) after 6.8 5.5 4.6
Bed demand with new LOS 98 185 184
Gain in available beds 39 44 36
Daily bed cost (SAR) 3000.0 3000.0 3000.0
Daily operational efficiency (SAR) 116 299 131 470 107 877
Monthly operational efficiency (SAR) 3 488 968 3 944 104 3 236 318
Annual operational efficiency (SAR) 41 867 621.0 47 329 253 38 835 818
Net financial return 128 032 692 SAR

LOS, length of stay; SAR, Saudi Riyals.