The use of mixed sex beds in the acute medical unit was a particular concern for the inspectors, with them saying it was not appropriate for use by longer-staying patients.
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Without market reforms, including more transparent pricing for consumers but also for doctors and hospitals themselves (medical equipment, drugs, hospital beds, etc. are all badly sheltered from competition, for instance) universal insurance could become far too expensive and lead to supply shortages.
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The new extension will boast an integrated children's unit with 32 beds, including surgical and medical wards.
Accommodating its population of close to 400 women and children requires a large staff of teachers, counselors and medical personnel -- and dozens of bunk beds.
They then correlated those data with records of the number of hospital beds in each county that are affiliated with medical residency training programs.
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Other measures include changes to opening hours in the region's minor injuries units and the closure of some beds in community hospital and reviews of expensive medical treatments and mental health care.
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Last month, all 999 emergency admissions and GP referrals to the hospital ended and beds on one of three wards as well as the medical assessment unit transferred to neighbouring hospitals.
The North Shore Regional Medical Center in Slidell, Louisiana, just outside New Orleans, remained fully operational with 174 beds, said Steve Campanini, spokesman for Tenet HealthCare, which operates it.
But Dr Foster medical guide editor, Alex Kafetz, said that figure was only an average and the number of patients using beds was "not particularly smooth" and more needed to be done to make sure patients who potentially should not be in hospital were cared for at home or at specialised care facilities.
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