Ketotifen in the prophylaxis of childhood asthma.
nor unique. Every acute children's ward has its problems which are the outcome of its history and geography; all share the problem of being at the mercy of unpredictable factors and of emergency admissions. They suffer also from the problem of having to have 3 different sizes of bed or cot. I am certain that similar experiences are common in district general hospitals throughout the country. The object of this short report is to point out to administrators, and to others who do bed-occupancy sums, that they should not always use the same criteria to indicate efficiency in hospital action. They should look at each separate case and discover whether a full or part-empty ward really represents efficient management of resources.