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excess capacity  

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  • Excess capacity in health care is when available resources exceed patient demand for them. Most often this term refers to more beds in health care facilities than needed to care for the patients seeking care. [Source: Encyclopedia of Health Care Management; Excess Capacity]

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https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/excess_capacity

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