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At 11:51 16/11/2016 +0000, Martin Rathfelder wrote: >Parkinson's law of hospital beds, asserts that the number of patients >always tends to equality with the number of beds available for them to lie in. As discussed, it's actually worse than that, in as much as the number of patients wanting/needing beds invariably exceeds the number of beds that are available. In many fields, Parkinson's Law relates to the existence of a resource resulting in an increase in demand/usage (thing of new roads/motorways!). However, in the case of healthcare, advances in medical science mean that it really is effectively a 'bottomless pit', in that a potential demand greatly exceeding present (or foreseeable) resources already exists - even without/before resources increase. Kind Regards, John ---------------------------------------------------------------- Dr John Whittington, Voice: +44 (0) 1296 730225 Mediscience Services Fax: +44 (0) 1296 738893 Twyford Manor, Twyford, E-mail: [log in to unmask] Buckingham MK18 4EL, UK ---------------------------------------------------------------- ****************************************************** Please note that if you press the 'Reply' button your message will go only to the sender of this message. If you want to reply to the whole list, use your mailer's 'Reply-to-All' button to send your message automatically to [log in to unmask] Disclaimer: The messages sent to this list are the views of the sender and cannot be assumed to be representative of the range of views held by subscribers to the Radical Statistics Group. To find out more about Radical Statistics and its aims and activities and read current and past issues of our newsletter you are invited to visit our web site www.radstats.org.uk. *******************************************************