Poor planning: hospital design guidelines fundamentally flawed

Cindy Towns; Michelle Balm

doi:10.26635/6965.6913

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Poor planning: hospital design guidelines fundamentally flawed

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Poor planning: hospital design guidelines fundamentally flawed

Cindy Towns and Michelle Balm

New Zealand medical journal, Vol.138(1612), pp.9-12

28/03/2025

DOI: https://doi.org/10.26635/6965.6913

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https://hdl.handle.net/10523/45475

Abstract

hospitals

hospital rooms

single rooms

shared rooms

infection control

ethics

health economics

health systems

hospital design

infectious diseases

Internationally, there has been a move to single occupancy hospital rooms. France adopted single rooms for new construction 20 years ago, while British, Dutch and Norwegian hospitals are moving towards single occupancy designs.

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Record Identifier: 9926722328301891
Title: Poor planning: hospital design guidelines fundamentally flawed
Creators: Cindy Towns
Michelle Balm
Publication Details: New Zealand medical journal, Vol.138(1612), pp.9-12
Academic Unit: Medicine (UOW)
Publisher: Pasifika Medical Association
Date published ; e-published: 28/03/2025
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Language: English
Resource Type ; Subtype: Journal article