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Applies Little's law to give average occupancy, then divides by the planning occupancy to leave headroom for variability.
Bed requirement
Average occupied beds = admissions per day x average length of stay; beds required = average occupied / planning occupancy
Arrivals are random, so a unit run at full average occupancy will turn patients away frequently.
85% is the widely cited planning ceiling for acute beds, lower for units with high variability.