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Bed Assignment and Bed Management

In: Handbook of Healthcare System Scheduling

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  • Randolph Hall

    (University of Southern California)

Abstract

Beds are a critical resource for serving patients in hospitals, but also provide a place where patients queue for needed care. Bed requirements result from medical needs along with the hospital’s effectiveness at reducing average length of stay and hospitalization rates. Hospitals can reduce the need for beds by reducing the unproductive portion of the patient’s stay (e.g., waiting for a test) and by reducing the portion of time when beds are unoccupied. Hospitals must also synchronize discharges with admissions to minimize time of day and day of week variations in bed occupancy levels. Finally, beds must be managed as part of the overall hospital system so that shortages do not cause delays or cancellations in the emergency department or surgery.

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  • Randolph Hall, 2012. "Bed Assignment and Bed Management," International Series in Operations Research & Management Science, in: Randolph Hall (ed.), Handbook of Healthcare System Scheduling, chapter 0, pages 177-200, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:isochp:978-1-4614-1734-7_8
    DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-1734-7_8
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    1. René Bekker & Ger Koole & Dennis Roubos, 2017. "Flexible bed allocations for hospital wards," Health Care Management Science, Springer, vol. 20(4), pages 453-466, December.
    2. Baş, Seda & Carello, Giuliana & Lanzarone, Ettore & Yalçındağ, Semih, 2018. "An appointment scheduling framework to balance the production of blood units from donation," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 265(3), pages 1124-1143.
    3. Jaime González & Juan-Carlos Ferrer & Alejandro Cataldo & Luis Rojas, 2019. "A proactive transfer policy for critical patient flow management," Health Care Management Science, Springer, vol. 22(2), pages 287-303, June.
    4. Thomas J. Best & Burhaneddin Sandıkçı & Donald D. Eisenstein & David O. Meltzer, 2015. "Managing Hospital Inpatient Bed Capacity Through Partitioning Care into Focused Wings," Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, INFORMS, vol. 17(2), pages 157-176, May.
    5. Amir Elalouf & Guy Wachtel, 2022. "Queueing Problems in Emergency Departments: A Review of Practical Approaches and Research Methodologies," SN Operations Research Forum, Springer, vol. 3(1), pages 1-46, March.
    6. Vahab Vahdat & Jacqueline Griffin & James E. Stahl, 2018. "Decreasing patient length of stay via new flexible exam room allocation policies in ambulatory care clinics," Health Care Management Science, Springer, vol. 21(4), pages 492-516, December.
    7. Pengyi Shi & Mabel C. Chou & J. G. Dai & Ding Ding & Joe Sim, 2016. "Models and Insights for Hospital Inpatient Operations: Time-Dependent ED Boarding Time," Management Science, INFORMS, vol. 62(1), pages 1-28, January.
    8. Yuta Kanai & Hideaki Takagi, 2021. "Markov chain analysis for the neonatal inpatient flow in a hospital," Health Care Management Science, Springer, vol. 24(1), pages 92-116, March.
    9. Navid Izady & Israa Mohamed, 2021. "A Clustered Overflow Configuration of Inpatient Beds in Hospitals," Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, INFORMS, vol. 23(1), pages 139-154, 1-2.
    10. Silviya Valeva & Guodong Pang & Andrew J. Schaefer & Gilles Clermont, 2023. "Acuity-Based Allocation of ICU-Downstream Beds with Flexible Staffing," INFORMS Journal on Computing, INFORMS, vol. 35(2), pages 403-422, March.

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