Analysis of Bed Utilization Efficiency of Intensive Care Units with Pabon Lasso Model

Purpose: This study aimed to evaluate the efficiency of intensive care units in a public university hospital in Türkiye from 2015 to 2024. Methodology: In this study, the efficiency of the anesthesia, emergency, paediatric, general surgery, ınternal medicine, cardiology, neurology, neurosurgery, neonatal and cardiovascular surgery intensive care units of a public university hospital in Türkiye was evaluated. The efficiency of ICUs for the period 2015-2024 was analyzed using the Pabon Lasso Model. The assessment was conducted using the following indicators: bed turnover rate, bed occupancy rate, and average length of stay. Findings: The study determined that the highest number of emergency and cardiology intensive care units were found in the efficient region over the years. The bed occupancy rate of the cardiology unit decreased over time and moved to the second region. The bed occupancy rate of the emergency intensive care unit improved over time and moved to the efficient region. However, the cardiovascular surgery unit was found to be in the inefficient region in all years. Originality: The study evaluated the ten-year effectiveness of a university hospital's intensive care units using the Pabon Lasso model. The fact that no research in this context exists in the literature expresses the study's originality.