Term: Hospital Beds

Glossary Definition

Last Updated: 2007-09-26

Definition:

The number of setup hospital beds available in an institution or region; important issues when making this calculation include whether it is done at the beginning or the end of the fiscal year, and the types of beds (eg. acute, PCH, LTC hospital beds) that are included.

Related concepts 

• Bed Counts - Acute Care Hospital

Related terms 

• Actual Bed Supply
• Beds Per Capita
• Effective Bed Supply
• High-pressure Level
• Hospital Data
• Hospital Overnight Census Counts

References 

• Black C, Roos NP, Fransoo R, Martens PJ. Comparative Indicators of Population Health and Health Care use for Manitoba's Regional Health Authorities: A POPULIS Project. Winnipeg, MB: Manitoba Centre for Health Policy and Evaluation, 1999. [Report] [Summary] (View)
• Brownell M, Roos NP. Monitoring the Winnipeg Hospital System: The Update Report 1993/1994. Winnipeg, MB: Manitoba Centre for Health Policy and Evaluation, 1996. [Report] [Summary] (View)
• Menec V, Lix L, Steinbach C, Ekuma O, Sirski M, Dahl M, Soodeen R. Patterns of Health Care Use and Cost at the End of Life. Winnipeg, MB: Manitoba Centre for Health Policy, 2004. [Report] [Summary] (View)
• Roos NP, Shapiro E. Monitoring the Winnipeg Hospital System: The First Report. 1990-1992 . Winnipeg, MB: Manitoba Centre for Health Policy and Evaluation, 1994. [Report] [Summary] (View)
• Stewart D, Finlayson G, MacWilliam L, Roos NP. Projecting Hospital Bed Needs for 2020. Winnipeg, MB: Manitoba Centre for Health Policy, 2002. [Report] [Summary] (View)