Department of Veterans Affairs
VA Space Planning Criteria (Chapter 400)
Washington, DC 20420
February 2007
TABLE 5: PERC DOUBLE-FACED SECTION CALCULATION
PROJECTED NUMBER OF PATIENT BEDS /
FACTOR
OUTPATIENT VISITS
Total number of projected patient beds (including
0.021
Nursing Home Care and Domiciliary)
Total number of projected outpatient visits
0.001
H. Patient Education Resource Center (PERC) Electronic Carrels (computers and
printers) calculation:
To calculate the number of Electronic Carrels, multiply each parameter by the
appropriate factor per Table 5.
TABLE 6: PERC ELECTRONIC CARREL CALCULATION
PROJECTED NUMBER OF PATIENT BEDS /
FACTOR
OUTPATIENT VISITS
Psychiatric
0.05
Patient beds (including Nursing Home Care and
0.01
Domiciliary)
Outpatient visits
0.002
4
PROGRAM DATA REQUIRED (Input Data Questions)
A. Mission Input Data Statements
1 Is an affiliated Library Service authorized? (M)
2 Is there a FTE librarian for the patient library authorized? (M)
3 Is online public access catalog (OPAC) authorized? (M)
4 Is an Electronic Carrel authorized? (M)
5 Are outpatient visits authorized? (M)
B. Workload Input Data Statements
1 How many patient beds are projected? (W)
2 How many all other beds -including nursing home care and domiciliary- are
projected? (W)
3 How many Psychiatric beds are projected? (W)
4 How many outpatient visits are projected? (W)
5 How many full-time Library FTE Employee positions are projected? (W)
C. Staffing Input Data Statements
1 How many Library Service clerk / technician FTE positions are authorized? (S)
2 How many Library Service Staff Librarian FTE positions are authorized? (S)
3 How many Administration Support FTE staff positions are authorized? (S)
4 How many clinic support FTE staff positions are authorized? (S)
5 How many HCD/S FTE staff positions are authorized? (S)
6 How many MTOT house FTE positions are authorized? (S)
7 How many MTOT Student/Trainees FTE positions are authorized? (S)
8 How many Title 38 Employee FTE positions are authorized? (S)
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