Question

A total of 76,006 inpatient service days of care were provided at Blessing Hospital during a non-leap year. The bed counts changed from a count of 200 at the beginning of the year to 220 on March 15. On July 1 the bed count went up to 230. However, on November 15 the count was reduced to 210, where it remained through the end of the year. Calculate: Inpatient bed occupancy percentage for the year. (compute to two decimal places)

Answer 1

To calculate the inpatient bed occupancy percentage for the year, sum up the number of available bed days for each period and divide the total inpatient service days by the total available bed days, then multiply by 100. The inpatient bed occupancy percentages for the year is 93.80%.

Step-by-step explanation:

To calculate the inpatient bed occupancy percentage, we first need to calculate the total number of available bed days during the year. We can do this by multiplying the number of beds for each period by the number of days in that period. Then, we sum up all the available bed days.

The occupancy percentage can be calculated by dividing the total inpatient service days by the total available bed days and multiplying by 100.

1. Calculate the number of available bed days for each period:
   • January 1 to March 14: 200 beds x 73 days = 14,600 bed days
   • March 15 to June 30: 220 beds x 108 days = 23,760 bed days
   • July 1 to November 14: 230 beds x 138 days = 31,740 bed days
   • November 15 to December 31: 210 beds x 47 days = 9,870 bed days
2. Sum up all the available bed days: 14,600 + 23,760 + 31,740 + 9,870 = 80,970 bed days
3. Divide the total inpatient service days (76,006) by the total available bed days (80,970) and multiply by 100 to get the inpatient bed occupancy percentage: (76,006 / 80,970) x 100 = 93.80%