Work out health facility requirement instantly with clear inputs, formula shown and shareable results.
Hospital bed requirement is set by a beds per thousand norm, which varies from about one in low income settings to eight or more in some high income systems. Throughput follows from occupancy and length of stay: shorter stays and higher occupancy let the same beds serve far more admissions, which is why bed numbers alone are a weak measure of capacity.
Beds
Beds = population / 1000 x beds per thousand
Throughput
Annual admissions = beds x 365 x occupancy / average length of stay
Preliminary estimate only. Health infrastructure planning must follow national norms and a proper needs assessment.
Beds = population / 1000 x beds per thousand. Hospital bed requirement is set by a beds per thousand norm, which varies from about one in low income settings to eight or more in some high income systems.
Because reducing length of stay is usually cheaper and faster. Cutting average stay from five days to four raises effective capacity by twenty-five percent with no capital spend.
This calculator takes 4 inputs: Population served, Beds per thousand population, Target bed occupancy, Average length of stay. The pre-filled defaults are a realistic worked example — replace them with your own site or project figures.