Same with hospitalizations. Reporting a hospital is 97% full - uh yeah, that's the goal. You don't want an empty hospital if you are going to pay the bills. No one would ever say what a "normal" hospital capacity was pre-covid.
Also - hospitals have bed classifications that 'flex' with need. How you designate those beds affects reimbursement and staffing requirements. You can say your 6-bed ICU is 'full', however, if needed, you can flex an additional 20 beds to ICU beds by adjusting equipment and staffing levels. Lies, damn lies, and .. you know the thing.
Same with hospitalizations. Reporting a hospital is 97% full - uh yeah, that's the goal. You don't want an empty hospital if you are going to pay the bills. No one would ever say what a "normal" hospital capacity was pre-covid.
Also - hospitals have bed classifications that 'flex' with need. How you designate those beds affects reimbursement and staffing requirements. You can say your 6-bed ICU is 'full', however, if needed, you can flex an additional 20 beds to ICU beds by adjusting equipment and staffing levels. Lies, damn lies, and .. you know the thing.