"Bed Occupancy" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
A measure of inpatient health facility use based upon the average number or proportion of beds occupied for a given period of time.
| Descriptor ID |
D001509
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| MeSH Number(s) |
N02.278.050
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| Concept/Terms |
Bed Occupancy- Bed Occupancy
- Bed Occupancies
- Occupancies, Bed
- Occupancy, Bed
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2007 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Bed Occupancy" by people in Profiles.
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Goldstein ND, Ingraham BC, Eppes SC, Drees M, Paul DA. Assessing Occupancy and Its Relation to Healthcare-Associated Infections. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2017 01; 38(1):112-114.
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Carr BG, Hollander JE, Baxt WG, Datner EM, Pines JM. Trends in boarding of admitted patients in US Emergency Departments 2003-2005. J Emerg Med. 2010 Oct; 39(4):506-11.
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Gerolamo AM. An exploratory analysis of the relationship between psychiatric nurses' perceptions of workload and unit activity. Arch Psychiatr Nurs. 2009 Jun; 23(3):243-50.
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McCarthy ML, Aronsky D, Jones ID, Miner JR, Band RA, Baren JM, Desmond JS, Baumlin KM, Ding R, Shesser R. The emergency department occupancy rate: a simple measure of emergency department crowding? Ann Emerg Med. 2008 Jan; 51(1):15-24, 24.e1-2.
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Garson C, Hollander JE, Rhodes KV, Shofer FS, Baxt WG, Pines JM. Emergency department patient preferences for boarding locations when hospitals are at full capacity. Ann Emerg Med. 2008 Jan; 51(1):9-12, 12.e1-3.