Department Of Veterans Affairs
VA Space Planning Criteria (Chapter 300)
Washington, DC 20420
November 2006
Minutes per clinic stop / 60 minutes
annual clinic stops
1. The general planning model for VA facilities assumes 250 Operating Days per
Year and 8 Hours of Operation per Day. Room capacity will fluctuate as hours of
operation are modified, i.e., additional capacity may be generated by extending
the daily hours of operation within the same physical setting.
2. Basic Room Efficiency Factor selected for Day Hospital is 85%.
Example: For a Day Hospital clinic stop that averages 40 minutes:
250 operating days per year x 8 hours of operation per day
= 3,030 annual
40 minutes per clinic stop / 60 minutes
clinic stops
A maximum capacity of 3,030 clinic stops per year, assuming 100% utilization.
However, 100% utilization is not realistic. We will apply an 85% Efficiency
Factor as a design standard for Day Hospital.
3,030 x 85% = 2,575 annual clinic stops.
TABLE 1: WORKLOAD PARAMETER CALCULATION
AVERAGE
ANNUAL
MINIMUM
LENGTH OF
CLINIC STOPS
WORKLOAD TO
CLINIC
UTILIZATION
CLINIC STOP
PER ROOM
GENERATE ONE
STOP
(minutes)
RATE
(rounded)
ROOM
Exam
40
85%
2,575
770
Room
The number of annual clinic stops per room will be used as a criteria
parameter to calculate the number of exam rooms in the Space Criteria
section of this document. The minimum workload to generate one room is
30% of the calculated annual clinic stops per room.
4. PROGRAM DATA REQUIRED (Input Data Questions)
A. Mission:
1 Is a Day Hospital authorized? (M)
B. Workload:
1 How many annual Day Hospital clinic stops are projected? (W)
C. Staffing:
1 How many Psychiatrist FTE positions are authorized? (S)
2 How many Psychologist FTE positions are authorized? (S)
3 How many Social Worker FTE positions are authorized? (S)
4 How many Resident Trainee FTE positions are authorized? (S)
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