Question

7. On February 12th, a fire occurred at a local dry cleaning plant and the inpatient service days for the localhospital (120 beds) was reported to be 130. What is the bed occupancy rate for February 12th? Round toone decimal place.

Answer 1

We can use the following formula:

`_{\text{ }}Bed_{\text{ }}occupancy_{\text{ }}rate=\frac{\#_{\text{ }}of_{\text{ }}inpatient_{\text{ }}days_{\text{ }}for_{\text{ }}a_{\text{ }}given_{\text{ }}period}{_{\text{ }}avalaible_{\text{ }}beds*\#_{\text{ }}days_{\text{ }}in_{\text{ }}the_{\text{ }}period}_{}*100`

So:

`_{\text{ }}Bed_{\text{ }}occupancy_{\text{ }}rate=(130)/(120\cdot365)*100`

Answer:

0.3%