Hospital Occupancy
Identifying Attributes
Care Settings
Country
Publishing Organisation
Type of Quality Indicator
IOM Quality Dimension
Domain
Defining Attributes
Definition
All patients admitted as inpatients are included in the numerator regardless of whether they are in day surgery areas, surgical suites, emergency, etc. Therefore, the hospital occupancy calculation can be over 100%.
Numerator
Average number of acute care inpatients in hospital during the reporting period.
Denominator
Average number of staffed beds in the hospital during the reporting period.
Exclusions
Numerator exclusions: day procedures, day medicine, outpatient (ambulatory) registrations, newborns in bassinets. Denominator exclusions: over complement/overcapacity/overflow spaces (e.g., beds located in lounges, shower rooms, hallways, etc. to handle surge capacity), closed beds (i.e., permanent closures physically ready to open if staffing and funding were available), operating rooms, blocked beds (i.e., beds closed temporarily for more than 24 hours due to staffing, isolation, weekends, holidays, maintenance, renovations, special patient care needs, etc.), bassinets.
Use of Risk Adjustment
Risk Adjustments
None
Stratifications
By hospital and hospital type (large urban trauma, large urban, medium urban, children's).
Data Attributes
Type of Data Collection
Data Collection Methods
Admit/Discharge/Transfer (ADT) source systems and AHS Bed Survey (bed tracker tool).
Frequency of Data Collection
Frequency of Data Collection in Days
Reporting Methods
Interactive infographic: focus.hqca.ca/charts/hospital-occupancy-2/