Influence of bedspacing on outcomes of hospitalised medicine service patients: a retrospective cohort study.
Rachel KohnMichael O HarhayBrian BayesHummy SongScott D HalpernMeeta Prasad KerlinS Ryan GreysenPublished in: BMJ quality & safety (2020)
Bedspacing is associated with adverse patient-centred outcomes. Future work is needed to confirm these findings, understand mechanisms contributing to adverse outcomes and identify factors that mitigate these adverse effects in order to provide high-value, patient-centred care to hospitalised patients.