Friedman E
Hospitals. 1978 Sep 16;52(18):101, 104, 108.
Seasonal variations in occupancy, cash flow, staffing patterns, and emergency department activity are familiar to any hospital, but institutions located in seasonal resort areas must cope with more extreme variations than do most hospitals. Mount Desert Island Hospital, Bar Harbor, ME, has developed several innovative means of handling slack periods in wintertime and intense activity in the summer.
住院率、现金流、人员配置模式以及急诊科活动的季节性变化是任何医院都熟知的情况，但位于季节性度假区的医疗机构必须应对比大多数医院更为极端的变化。缅因州巴尔港的芒特迪瑟特岛医院已经开发出了几种创新方法来应对冬季的业务淡季和夏季的繁忙时段。
