Key result
Hospital bed regulation research primarily focuses on organizing emergency services.
Why the study?
To analyze the available scientific evidence on hospital indicators following the implementation of bed regulation strategies.
Does the implementation of bed regulation strategies affect hospital indicators?
Does the implementation of bed regulation strategies affect hospital indicators?
The review highlights that most studies on bed regulation strategies focus on emergency services, underscoring the importance of organizing these areas in health institutions.
Bed regulation strategies may warrant local evaluation; leaves open need for higher-quality studies before broader adoption.
OBJECTIVES: to analyze the scientific evidence available in literature on hospital indicators after implementation of bed regulation strategies. METHODS: this is an integrative review conducted with studies available in five databases and in the reference database of the Center for Study and Research in Nursing Services Management in October 2019. Articles on hospital bed management, available in full in English, Spanish or Portuguese, without temporal delimitation were included. RESULTS: 1,118 eligible articles were found, of which 37 were duplicated. Among 1,081 pre-selected studies, 112 studies were eligible and 11 articles were included. Six studies addressed the emergency services. Three addressed hospital indicators in general, another focused on a psychiatric ward and one analyzed the indicators of two hospitals administered differently. CONCLUSIONS: the studies focused on emergency services, demonstrating the importance of organizing these services for health institutions.
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Maldonado et al. (2021) conducted a review in Hospital bed management (n=11). Bed regulation strategies was evaluated on Hospital indicators. An integrative review of 11 studies on hospital bed regulation strategies found that most research focused on emergency services, highlighting the importance of organizing these areas.
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