Hospital Bed Service Burden Calculator
Hospital bed maintenance and service could be cutting into your expenses. Find out how much your bed downtime, due to service needs, could be costing your hospital.
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Number of Beds
of beds need
service
of beds needing service do not have an open work order
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3%
of beds needing service are replaced with rental beds
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80%
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By the Numbers
In a recent survey, we found that…
Let's apply these statistics to your bed count to estimate your financial service burden.
Bed Utilization Rate
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Total Annual Bed Days Unavailable for Patient Use Due to Needing Service
Annual Cost of Rental Beds to Replace Beds Down for Service
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Your Financial Service Burden
% of All Bed Days Operational
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Admissions Possibly Impacted Based on Beds Down for Service, Utilization Less Rental Bed Days
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Potential Annual Revenue Impacted
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Annual Patient Bed Days
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Number of beds x 365 x
bed utilization rate
Number of beds x 365 x 3%
Annual bed days unavailable for patient use x 29% x $48.44 per rental day
(Annual bed days unavailable for patient use x utilization rate) x (1-29%) / 4.7 ALOS
Hillrom Survey Data (2022). Found hospital bed days were reduced by 5% due to beds being out of service. Given data were not collected for a full year, model assumes an annual rate of 3%. This 3% represents the annual number of bed days unavailable for patient use due to service issues.
Hillrom Survey Data (2022). 29% of bed days that are down due to service issues will require a temporary rental bed.
Hillrom Survey Data (2022). Estimated 80% of service down beds do not have a work order open.
Calculation for annual patient bed days is the number of beds entered X 365 days x hospital bed utilization rate.
Hillrom Internal Data (2021). Calculated average weighted daily rental bed rate is $48.44.
AHRQ HCUP (2018). HCUP Fast Stats. Trends in Inpatient Stays. Average hospital length of stay (ALOS) is 4.7 days. https://www.hcup-us.ahrq.gov/faststats/NationalTrendsServlet?measure1=04&characteristic1=01&time1=20&measure2=04&characteristic2=01&time2=10&expansionInfoState=hide&dataTablesState=hide&definitionsState=hide&exportState=hide.
AHRQ HCUP (2017). Statistical Brief #261. Average revenue per admission is $13,511 (2016 updated with CPI to 2021). https://www.hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb261-Most-Expensive-Hospital-Conditions-2017.jsp.
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Number of admissions possibly impacted x $13,511 + annual rental bed costs
Assuming you have beds with bed utilization rate, we can estimate:
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Assuming you have beds with bed utilization rate,
we can estimate:
bed utilization rate,
we can estimate:
Assuming you have
beds with bed utilization rate, we can estimate: