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Strengthening Emergency Care Capacity to Increase Inpatient Admissions: A Single-Center Quality Improvement Project in Tokyo

2025-10-28 health systems and quality improvement Title + abstract only
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BackgroundStabilizing inpatient volume is essential for acute care hospitals to sustain operations and meet community needs. Although Japan overall has a high national bed supply, Nerima Ward in Tokyo has one of the lowest bed-to-population ratios, resulting in limited access to acute care. At our 224-bed hospital, ambulance acceptance and inpatient admissions had remained stagnant despite consistent regional demand, suggesting that limited emergency intake capacity might be constraining overall...

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