Clearly she needed other special services. Information Management . You have to know on Wednesday how many individuals you have in patient beds on Wednesday. You need a system that generates reports automatically. You a need a daily 'flash report' on available capacity and time spent in service.
Costs can vary significantly.
Budgeted vs. actual unit costs can identify cost or units of service problems early in the process. Staffing Options . When you hire, you've adopted staff to raise them instead of contracting with them. If you hire on a piece-work basis, you have converted a fix cost into a variable one. Being efficient and effective in frontier areas with limited resources is a challenge.