Authors
Solodukhina D. P.
PhD, Magister of Public Health
Tolmatchev N. E.
PhD, Honored Doctor of Russian Federation
Abstract
Bedspace efficiency study was based on data from therapeutic, neurological, and gastrointestinal branches of one of the city hospitals in Kursk. Authors come to the conclusion on the need of continuous monitoring of admissions and patient days based on their research techniques. It is also necessary to change health professionals attitudes to the validity of hospitalization. The difficulty to study substitute to hospitalization methods of rendering care in the situation of their absence is noted. At the same time, their adoption will help to determine optimal cuts in bedspace. The authors consider promising reduction in low intensity care beds replacing them partly with long-term stay beds manned with a higher number of nurses and paramedics, and partly with high-tech beds for those in need for comprehensive care.
Key words
bedspace, optimization, hospitalization, substitute methods of rendering care
