New Delhi, June 2 -- Apollo Hospitals Enterprise Ltd's average revenue per occupied bed (Arpob) continued its upward trajectory in the March quarter, rising 6.8% from a year ago and 4.5% from the previous quarter to Rs.63,569 per day. The highest increase came from the western region.

This metric for the western and eastern regions has consistently languished below the overall Arpob for the past eight quarters at least. This also means that when Apollo manages to lift the Arpob of the two underperforming regions, the overall figure could get a boost.

The other two key variables for Apollo Hospitals are capacity (operating beds) and capacity utilisation (occupancy rates). The number of operating beds grew 1% year-on-year to 8,025 and occ...