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Originally Posted by Paul
Capacity wise, admissions is not entirely useful without knowing how many are discharged.
You could have 1000 admissions, but it not be an issue if 2000 were discharged.
On the other hand, only 200 admissions is more of a problem, if none are discharged.
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More importantly its the length of time they're in hospital.
20 people admitted and discharged the same day is much less serious than 1 person admitted and discharged 20 days later. But the stats would show the opposite.