How to Calculate Hospital Bed Days of Care

Calculating hospital bed days of care--an important quality indicator that measures the use of a particular hospital inpatient unit or healthcare institution--is a moderately easy process. Using two pieces of data and a simple formula, you can easily calculate hospital bed days of care.

Instructions

Calculate hospital bed days of care

• 1

  Determine total inpatient days of care by adding together the daily patient census for 365 days.

• 2

  Determine total bed days available by multiplying the total number of beds available in the hospital or inpatient unit by 365.

• 3

  Divide total inpatient days of care by the total bed days available.

• 4

  Multiply the result by 100 in order to express this figure as a percentage.