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dc.contributor.advisorTabana, Hanani
dc.contributor.authorNajjaar, Leilah
dc.date.accessioned2019-06-10T09:27:09Z
dc.date.available2019-06-10T09:27:09Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11394/6889
dc.descriptionMaster of Public Health - MPHen_US
dc.description.abstractBackground: The largest focus areas for the department of health is ensuring access to quality healthcare. The district health system (DHS) model remains the vehicle used by the district managers to deliver on the health department’s goals, objectives and priority focus areas. Strengthening the district health system platform is therefore important to the department to improve access and quality of care to the clients serviced in the province. The district hospitals play a fundamental role since they support primary health care (PHC) and serve as the entry point to more specialised care. The efficient management of beds in the district hospitals is the key in ensuring access to care and preventing bed blocking. Bed Utilisation Rate (BUR) and Average Length of Stay (ALOS) are indicators used to measure the efficiency of hospital beds. This study provides a description of the trends in bed utilisation within the inpatient wards of eight district hospitals in the Cape Town metro district in the 2016-2017 financial period. Methodology: To analyse and compare wards a quantitative approach was used. Inpatient ward activity reports for eight district hospitals were accessed from the department of health’s routine data collection repository. A total of fifty-five wards were compared across small and large hospitals for BUR and ALOS during the financial year period 1 April 2016 to 31 March 2017. Data entry was done in MS EXCEL and analyses were done using STATA 11.0.en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of the Western Capeen_US
dc.subjectBed occupancyen_US
dc.subjectDistrict hospitalen_US
dc.subjectOvercrowdingen_US
dc.subjectBed utilisation rateen_US
dc.subjectExpenditureen_US
dc.titleBed utilisation trends in selected wards across eight district hospitals in the Cape Town districten_US
dc.rights.holderUniversity of the Western Capeen_US


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