bed occupancy
bed occupancy n. the number of hospital beds occupied by patients expressed as a percentage of the total beds available in the ward, specialty, hospital, area, or region. It is used to assess the demands for hospital beds and hence to gauge an appropriate balance between demands for health care and number of beds.
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