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Optimizing Emergency Department Patient Flow Through Bed Allocation Strategies: A Discrete-Event Simulation Study.

Sen-Tian Wang¹, Shao-Jen Weng², Ting-Yu Yeh²

¹Chang Bing Show-Chwan Memorial Hospital, Changhua, Taiwan.

Inquiry : a Journal of Medical Care Organization, Provision and Financing

|April 29, 2025

Summary

Implementing combined bed optimization and sharing strategies significantly reduces emergency department (ED) prolonged length of stay (LOS) without increasing nursing workload. This approach enhances patient flow and resource management in hospitals.

Keywords:

bed allocation bed-sharing emergency department length of stay simulation

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Area of Science:

Healthcare Management
Hospital Operations Research
Patient Flow Optimization

Background:

Emergency department (ED) overcrowding and prolonged length of stay (LOS) are persistent challenges in healthcare systems.
Effective resource utilization and patient flow management are crucial for hospital efficiency.

Purpose of the Study:

To compare four distinct bed allocation strategies for optimizing patient flow and resource utilization in a regional teaching hospital.
To identify the most effective strategy for reducing prolonged ED LOS and improving hospital operations.

Main Methods:

Development of a discrete-event simulation model using one year of hospital data (29,718 ED visits).
Evaluation of four strategies: intra-departmental bed sharing, optimized bed allocation, cross-departmental bed lending, and combined optimization with bed borrowing.
Validation of the simulation model using t-tests against actual hospital data.

Main Results:

All evaluated strategies showed improvement over current operations.
Strategy 4 (combined optimization with bed borrowing) was most effective, maintaining stable ED nursing utilization (45.65%) and significantly reducing extended LOS.
Rates of ED LOS exceeding 6, 12, and 24 hours were reduced to 2.48%, 0.38%, and 0.12% respectively.

Conclusions:

Strategic bed allocation combined with controlled bed-sharing policies can achieve substantial reductions in extended ED LOS (up to 30%) without increasing nursing workload.
The optimal strategy (Strategy 4) effectively manages ED patient flow by combining optimization with resource sharing, leading to improved patient outcomes and operational efficiency.