Evaluating demand of High Dependency Unit beds in a hospital with insights on return on capital investment

Abstract

Introduction: Hospital administration will have to constantly work around predicting demand of the critical care beds and evaluating the options of expanding the existing capacity. These expansions will be constantly requested by clinicians in private hospitals in India. It becomes imperative to infuse capital into such expansions predicting the utilisation pattern of the new beds. This study concentrates on factors considered for estimating the infrastructure enhancement in step down beds in progression of patient care.

Keywords

• high dependency unit
• return on investment
• breakeven point
• occupancy rate
• progressive patient care