to continue their episode of care in the reporting MTF, the patient is counted as an absent
sick disposition and a count is given as an admission to the MTF. Workload codes for
facility type are as follows: Veterans Administration hospital (Code YYC), civilian hospital
(Code YYD), Public Health Service hospital (Code YYE), and other hospitals (Code YYF).
(1) Absent sick admissions. Enter the number of active duty personnel
admitted to nonmilitary hospitals during the reporting period in columns 01-04.
(2) Absent sick days. Enter the number of all absent sick days accumulated
during the reporting period in columns 09-12.
(3) Absent sick remaining. Enter the number of patients remaining in an absent
sick status as of 2400 on the last day of the reporting period in columns 13-16.
(4) Absent sick dispositions. Enter number of dispositions from absent
sick status, to include both final dispositions and change-of-status-in to the reporting MTF
during the reporting period in columns 17-21.
p. Bed Capacity. Bed capacity data is reported as item code 03. Workload
code is (code ZCP). In CHCS, this information must be manually entered.
(1) Normal bed capacity. Space for patients' beds measured in terms of beds,
which can be set up in wards or rooms designated for patients' beds and spaced
approximately 100 to 120 square feet per bed. This definition refers only to space and
excludes equipment and staff capabilities. For cantonment-type hospitals still in use, bed
capacity may be measured in the number of beds able to be spaced on 8-foot centers.
Former ward or room space that has been disposed of or has been altered so that it
cannot be readily reconverted to ward or room space is not included in computing bed
capacities. Space for beds used only in connection with examinations or brief treatment
periods, such as examining rooms or in the physiotherapy department, is not included in
this figure. Nursery space is not included in bed capacity but is accounted for separately in
terms of the number of bassinets it accommodates. Enter the normal bed capacity in
columns 05-08.
(2) Expanded bed capacity. Space for patients' beds. It is measured by the
number of beds which can be used in wards or rooms designed for patients' beds, spacing
beds on 6-foot centers (approximately 72 square feet per bed). Former ward or room
space, which has been so altered that it cannot be readily reconverted to ward or room
space, is not included in computing bed capacity. Space for beds used only in connection
with examinations or brief treatment periods, such as in examining rooms or in the physical
therapy department, is not included in expanded bed capacity. Nursery space is not
included in bed capacity, but is accounted for separately in terms of the number of
bassinets it accommodates. This definition refers only to space and excludes equipment
and staff capability. Enter the expanded bed capacity in columns 09-12.
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