What Is Bed Occupancy

Bed occupancy rate (BOR) is a measure of utilization of the available bed capacity in the hospital, and it indicates the percentage of beds occupied by patients in a given period of time, usually 1 year.

How is bed occupancy calculated?

The occupancy rate is calculated as the number of beds effectively occupied (bed-days) for curative care (HC. 1 in SHA classification) divided by the number of beds available for curative care multiplied by 365 days, with the ratio multiplied by 100.

What is normal hospital bed occupancy?

Because the average occupancy rate of community (that is, non-Federal, short-term general) hospitals is about 76 percent, there is a general disposition to jump to the conclusion that idle capacity is rampant in the hospital industry—if we apply traditional standards germane to most industries.