INPATIENT STATISTICS
MEDICAL RECORDS
DEPERTMENT
BED STATEMENT
Teonasi Nyalu
15 OCTOBER 2015
WARD RETURNS OR BED STATE
In-patient data indicates the activities of inpatient services in
a health institution.
Data collected through a form commonly known as a Daily
ward bed return or Bed state
These are forms used in the wards.
It used to record inpatient data for 24 hours, start from 12.00
pm to 12.00 pm the following midnight.
It report the remaining number of patients in the ward.
Data required in the bed state form
Admission data with their registration numbers patient
names and both sexes together Number of discharges live and
death
Inter-wards transfers of patient.
Means that transfers in or transfer out.
Total number of patient who are remaining in the ward.
Its supposed to filled by nurse on duty.
Number of patient day in the ward
The counting number of patient yesterday, then
add (+) all incoming (admission and transfers in)
and subtract (- ) all outgoing patients (discharges
live, transfer out, abscondes and deaths)
The new total is the number of patient today and
will be brought forward till next day census
BUGANDO DAILY BED STATE SHEET
Front Page Empty Form
Back Page Empty Form
Analytical of bed state
For example
J2 VIP
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Number of patients yesterday
Number of admission today
Number of transfer in today
New Total
M
F
9
8
6
5
0
1
15
14
Analytical of bed state Cont.…
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New Total
Number of transfer out today
Number of discharge live today
Number of death today
Number of patient Remain
M
F
15
14
1
1
4
5
2
1
8
7
BUGANDO DAILY BED STATE SHEET
J2 VIP 11/09/2015
Front Page
11/09/2015
Back Page
11/09/2015
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
BUGANDO DAILY BED STATE SHEET J2 VIP 12/09/2015
Front Page 12/09/2015
Back Page
12/09/2015
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
BUGANDO DAILY BED STATE SHEET J5 ORTHO 01/08/2015
Front Page 01/08/2015
Back Page
01/08/2015
9
9
18
1
19
9
10
19
BUGANDO DAILY BED STATE SHEET J5 ORTHO 02/08/2015
Front Page 02/08/2015
Back Page
02/08/2015
18
1
19
4
2
23
2
20
3
3
23
23
20
23
The purpose of bed state
 Preparing report for the patient who admitted at the
hospital daily, monthly and years.
 Many hospital use bed state as the source of information
for input process and out put of the hospital demand.
 To know number of patient admitted in each ward.
 Determination of number of male and female admitted at
the hospital.
Bed state form
 The filled bed state forms for all wards should be
submitted to the health records department where
summary for whole hospital records is made up.