...Halim Boussabaine; Samer Sliteen; Orlando Catarina Purpose This paper aims to examine for the first time the impact of the intensity of hospital bed occupancy on healthcare facilities operational costs in France. Design/methodology/approach Research methodology is based on empirical data...

... Publishing Limited 2007 Privacy Hospitals Hospital beds The evidence from space syntax analysis is that there are deep‐rooted links between aspects of spatial structure and the way that structure functions to influence the behaviour of its users (Peponis and Wineman, 2002). One...