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Health care is one of the basic needs of humankind, and meeting this important need is the responsibility of hospitals. Public hospitals, as the costliest operating units of the health care system, have always faced limited resources. Therefore, efficient use of resources, such as admission beds as undeniable necessities, could be used as an effective approach to meet the growing demand of patients, use health center capacities optimally, and reduce costs. To this end, in this research, a hospital process management approach is used to improve the utilization of hospital admission beds as a valuable resource, and reduce the false bed occupancy rate in Shohada-e-Tajrish University Hospital...