Table 1.
Baseline values in model of randomly fluctuating demand for patient admission and available inpatient bed capacity
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Bed capacity: | |
| No of beds in emergency bed pool | 200 |
| Initial bed occupancy (%) | 90 |
| Average beds temporarily unavailable (%) | 5 |
| Emergency admissions: | |
| Initial mean emergency admission rate (per day) | 24.7 |
| Maximum seasonal variation in demand (%) | 7.5 |
| Annual growth rate (%) | 3.5 |
| Mean day of week rate multipliers: | |
| Monday | 1.061 |
| Tuesday | 1.064 |
| Wednesday | 1.110 |
| Thursday | 1.048 |
| Friday | 1.044 |
| Saturday | 0.887 |
| Sunday | 0.783 |
| SD of random fluctuations | 0.44 |
| Length of stay: | |
| Mean discharge rate (%) (equivalent to length of stay of 7.14 days) | 14 |
| Percentage of admissions with zero length of stay | 12.75 |
| Notional bed days for zero length of stay | 0.5 day |