The charts show electricity use, local emergency calls and time spent on patients for a group
of typical hospitals.
Regarding electricity, we see that consumption in the French and Japanese hospitals is roughly
stable during the week, fluctuating around 32 and 18 mw respectively. In Canada and Russia,
electricity use climbs dramatically towards the end of the week, going from 26 to 38 mw and from 12
to 24 mw. In Argentina, however, the use actually declines by almost half.
There is a similar pattern in the number of emergency calls made, which fluctuate in France
(around 90 calls) and Canada (around 110. ) In Canada these calls rise by roughly half, from around
105 on Monday to over 160 on Sunday, with the figure in Russia showing a similar growth to 110 by
the weekend. Argentina is again the exception, with a decline of about half.
By contrast, time spent on patient assessment is generally stable during the week in all the
countries except Russia, where there is a marked rise from Monday’s 12 minutes (which is the typical
daily rate of each country except Japan) to 28 minutes on Sunday.
In summary, it seems that electricity use may reflect an increase in emergency calls made, but
only in Russia does assessment time increase by the same pattern.
The charts
show
electricity
use
, local emergency
calls
and time spent on patients for a group
of typical hospitals.
Regarding electricity, we
see
that consumption in the French and Japanese hospitals is roughly
stable during the week, fluctuating around 32 and 18
mw
respectively
. In Canada and Russia,
electricity
use
climbs
dramatically
towards the
end
of the week, going from 26 to 38
mw
and from 12
to 24
mw
. In Argentina,
however
, the
use
actually declines by almost half.
There is a similar pattern in the number of emergency
calls
made, which fluctuate in France
(around 90
calls)
and Canada (around 110.
)
In Canada these
calls
rise by roughly half, from around
105 on Monday to over 160 on Sunday, with the figure in Russia showing a similar growth to 110 by
the weekend. Argentina is again the exception, with a decline of about half.
By contrast, time spent on patient assessment is
generally
stable during the week in all the
countries except Russia, where there is a marked rise from Monday’s 12 minutes (which is the typical
daily rate of each country except Japan) to 28 minutes on Sunday.
In summary, it seems that electricity
use
may reflect an increase in emergency
calls
made,
but
only
in Russia does assessment time increase by the same pattern.