Paediatric capacity planning

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A comprehensive investigation of the nine 'never do this' catastrophic mistakes in paediatric capacity planning. 

This article includes:

  • Multiple Figures illustrating all the issues. 
  • Alternate methods to analyse the data from your unit to enable insight into the hidden complexity behind paediatric demand. 
  • Explains why average length of stay plays a secondary role to the volatility in admissions. 
  • A simple method for calculating surge capacity and a method to compare paediatric bed demand between countries. 
  • A simple method to simulate what a 'bad' year may look like at a daily level. Currently as a preprint undergoing peer review. Comments welcome.

You can read and download the full paper HERE

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