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Table 4 Bed occupation and available FTEs during data collection

From: Explaining the amount of care needed by hospitalised surgical patients: a prospective time and motion study

Unit

Bed occupation %1,2

FTE2,3

Time4

Short stay & Urology

60.29

95.08%

32:19:06

Vascular and Plastic surgery

56.63

93.62%

29:53:37

G-I surgery

65.86

94.85%

67:44:50

G-I surgery and Oral & Maxillofacial surgery

70.53

93.44%

63:12:02

Trauma surgery

53.20

96.58%

30:03:24

Orthopaedic surgery

62.09

93.55%

35:29:41

  1. 1: Bed occupation (realised/available beds) during study period.
  2. 2: Mean of February and March 2010.
  3. 3: 100% (optimum personnel staffing) minus absence.
  4. 4: Mean total time spent per patient during hospitalisation.
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BMC Health Services Research

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