Question

Conroe Regional Medical Center has the following yearly statistics for 20XX (non-leap year). Use the following data to perform the calculations (in excel sheet) outlined below:

Adults and Children	Inpatient Service Days	Bed Count
January 1st–June 30th	15,637	192
July 1st–December 31st	32,678	168
December 31st only	136	200
Newborns
January–December	952	55

1. Calculate and interpret the inpatient occupancy rate for adults and children for both the first and second halves of the year as well as the last day in the calendar year.
2. Please show your calculations in your answer. Don’t overlook your interpretation of the data

Answer 1

The calculated values for Inpatient occupancy rate are as below:

Inpatient occupancy rate = Inpatient Service Days/(Bed count*No.of days)

Adults and Children	Inpatient Service Days	Bed Count	Inpatient occupancy rate
January 1st–June 30th	15,637	192	0.2231
July 1st–December 31st	32,678	168	0.5329
December 31st only	136	200	0.0019

Interpretation of the Inpatient occupancy rate:

The occupancy rate shows what percentage of the beds were occupied in a given time period.So, In the first half on an average 22% of the beds were occupied, while approximately 53% beds were occupied in the second half of the year. The occupancy rate in first half was 0.2231(0r 22.21 %), while in the second half it was 0.5329 (53.29%), which indicates that occupancy rate was very low in first half and increased more than 150% in the next half of the year. Also, on the last day of the year, it was very low.

The calculation in excel(with the formula used) is shown below: