Hospital Bed Turnover Rate
- Hospital Bed Turnover Rate is a measure of the extend of hospital utilization
- It is the number of times there is change of occupant for a bed during a given time period
- It is given by the formula:
- Hospital Bed turnover rate = Number of discharges (including deaths) in a given time period / Number of beds in the hospital during that time period
- Example:
- In a particular hospital, there were 2358 discharges in the year 2009
- Number of beds in that hospital in 2009 was 300
- Hospital Bed turnover rate = 2358/300 = 7.86
