General Medical/Surgical Beds are the beds used for
routine care. Special Care Beds include Intensive Care
Units, Coronary Care Units, etc. Numbers of staffed
beds are taken from a hospital's most recent Medicare cost
report (W/S S-3, Part I, column 2). Cost report
instructions define staffed beds as,
the number of beds
available for use by patients at the end of the cost
reporting period. A bed means an adult bed, pediatric
bed, birthing room, or newborn bed maintained in a patient
care area for lodging patients in acute, long term, or
domiciliary areas of the hospital. Beds in labor room,
birthing room, postanesthesia, postoperative recovery rooms,
outpatient areas, emergency rooms, ancillary departments,
nurses' and other staff residences, and other such areas
which are regularly maintained and utilized for only a
portion of the stay of patients (primarily for special
procedures or not for inpatient lodging) are not termed a
bed for these purposes.
Patient Days
The total number of patient days (for all payors) is taken
from a hospital's most recent Medicare Cost Report (W/S S-3,
part I, line 14, column 8).
Beds
General Medical/Surgical Beds are the beds used for
routine care. Special Care Beds include Intensive Care
Units, Coronary Care Units, etc. Numbers of staffed
beds are taken from a hospital's most recent Medicare cost
report (W/S S-3, Part I, column 1). Cost report
instructions define staffed beds as,
the number of beds
available for use by patients at the end of the cost
reporting period. A bed means an adult bed, pediatric
bed, birthing room, or newborn bed maintained in a patient
care area for lodging patients in acute, long term, or
domiciliary areas of the hospital. Beds in labor room,
birthing room, postanesthesia, postoperative recovery rooms,
outpatient areas, emergency rooms, ancillary departments,
nurses' and other staff residences, and other such areas
which are regularly maintained and utilized for only a
portion of the stay of patients (primarily for special
procedures or not for inpatient lodging) are not termed a
bed for these purposes.
Patient Days
The total number of patient days (for all payors) is taken
from a hospital's most recent Medicare Cost Report (W/S S-3,
part I, line 12, column 6).