Styles Hospital has 200 beds and 20 bassinets. In a nonleap year, Styles Hospital admitted 16, adults and children; 16,570 adults and children were discharged.
There were 1,764 live births a 1,798 newborns discharged. The bed turnover rate for Styles Hospital that year was
The bed turnover rate is calculated by dividing the number of discharges (including deaths) by the number of beds in the hospital. In this case, Styles Hospital discharged 16,570 adults and children, so we use this figure for the calculation. With 200 beds, the calculation is: 16,570 discharges / 200 beds = 82.85, which rounds to 82.7.
anyone care to explain? bed turnover rate is calculated by total discharges including deaths divided by # of beds in hospital. tried different ways, never got right answer