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