How many additional admissions are expected per year due to the expansion?

How many additional admissions are expected per year due to the expansion?

• A. 100
• B. 200
• C. 300
• D. 400

Answer: (B)

Determining how expansion changes admissions means translating added capacity into extra patients per year. You compare how many admissions can occur after the expansion with how many could occur before, and the difference is the expected increase. That translation relies on how many beds or slots the expansion adds and how quickly those beds turn over. In practice, you estimate additional admissions per year as added beds times the number of admissions a single bed can handle in a year. That turns on the average length of stay and the occupancy level: per bed per year, admissions ≈ (365 days × occupancy rate) / average length of stay. Using those inputs, if the scenario shows that the expansion yields about two hundred more admissions each year, then the expected increase is two hundred per year. The other numbers would require either more capacity than provided, a shorter or longer stay, or a different utilization level than what the scenario assumes.

Determining how expansion changes admissions means translating added capacity into extra patients per year. You compare how many admissions can occur after the expansion with how many could occur before, and the difference is the expected increase. That translation relies on how many beds or slots the expansion adds and how quickly those beds turn over. In practice, you estimate additional admissions per year as added beds times the number of admissions a single bed can handle in a year. That turns on the average length of stay and the occupancy level: per bed per year, admissions ≈ (365 days × occupancy rate) / average length of stay. Using those inputs, if the scenario shows that the expansion yields about two hundred more admissions each year, then the expected increase is two hundred per year. The other numbers would require either more capacity than provided, a shorter or longer stay, or a different utilization level than what the scenario assumes.