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You can disagree all you want you really are categorising these numbers incorrectly; the data as supplied lists the categories “open”, “occupied”, and “% of ope
by matthewmacleod 6y ago
You can disagree all you want you really are categorising these numbers incorrectly; the data as supplied lists the categories “open”, “occupied”, and “% of open beds occupied” - which seems pretty clear.
There is inherently no “true number” of beds because this number varies in response to things like hospital space configuration, staffing levels, and demand.
AFAIK the term “open” is analogous to that in “open for business” - there may be other physical “beds” available, but without staff or without some equipment or some other constraint that makes them not open.
I do appreciate that it’s confusing, because I had to doh me check myself. But it’s not without reason that it’s described that way.
- cptskippy 6y ago> You can disagree all you want you really are categorising these numbers incorrectly; the data as supplied lists the categories “open”, “occupied”, and “% of open beds occupied” - which seems pretty clear. I went back and looked and you're right. I didn't look at the XLS file, I just pulled the raw data from the CSV file which doesn't offer the %. It's clear from the XLS that the % is derived from occupied/open and not occupied/(open+occupied) as I was thinking.