[rlmorel]

I tell that to people all the time.

Any hospital worth its salt runs its hospital at the highest occupancy rate that it can, reserving enough space for an influx. IIRC, 70-75% or below occupancy rate is undesirable.

When you realize there are a lot of people staffed RNs, Physicians, Respiratory Therapy, expensive equipment, and everything that goes along with that, you don’t want them idle. You want as many of them employed treating patients and the hospital getting paid for it.

You need to keep some head space, but...not too much.

[deport]

IIRC, 70-75% or below occupancy rate is undesirable.

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What percentage does the Doc get to help keep the 70% number
in line? Hey doc we are running a little low. Sends us a
couple or so patients.

Doc gets a little extra as now he has a patient to go see each
day in his rounds...

Money has to be churned whether its services or goods.