Is bed turnover rate a good metric for hospital scale efficiency? A measure of resource utilization rate for hospitals in Southeast Nigeria

Table 1 Descriptive Statistics of Hospital Resources (beds) and Patients admission (2010 – 2016)

Hospital-years	No. of active hospital beds	Active-bed-days	No. of inpatients	Inpatient-days
FETHA 2011	223	81,395	7657	32,751
FETHA 2012	486	177,390	13,400	43,863
FETHA 2013	489	178,485	14,253	53,660
FETHA 2014	512	186,880	16,982	61,388
FETHA 2015	533	194,545	14,885	62,381
FETHA 2016	513	187,245	17,043	59,634
FETHA Mean	459.33	167,656.67	14,037	52,279.5
ESUTH 2010	244	89,060	3359	30,238
ESUTH 2011	244	89,060	1670	20,144
ESUTH 2012	260	94,900	5152	56,672
ESUTH 2013	260	94,900	5433	48,897
ESUTH 2014	260	94,900	4220	54,860
ESUTH 2015	342	124,830	6698	53,584
ESUTH 2016	320	116,800	8094	72,846
ESUTH Mean	275.71	100,635.71	4947	48,177.29
UNTH 2010	424	154,760	6635	66,795
UNTH 2011	424	154,760	8061	84,675
UNTH 2012	424	154,760	8533	85,056
UNTH 2013	411	150,015	8300	85,003
UNTH 2014	411	150,015	5528	55,057
UNTH 2015	411	150,015	4578	43,119
UNTH 2016	411	150,015	7399	67,625
UNTH Mean	416.57	152,048.57	7005	69,618.57
Mean	380.1	138,736.5	8394	56,912.4
Minimum	223	81,395	1670	20,144
Maximum	533	194,545	17,043	85,056

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