Hospital bed capacity

Intensive Care Unit (ICU) capacity management is essential to provide high-quality healthcare for critically ill patients. Yet, consensus on the most favorable ICU design is lacking, especially whether ICUs should deliver dedicated or non-dedicated care. The decision for dedicated or non-dedicated ICU design considers a trade-off in the degree of specialization for individual patient care and efficient use of resources for society.

9p vishanshan 27-06-2024 1 1   Download

Improvement of appropriate bed use and access to intensive care (ICU) beds is essential in optimizing utilization of ICU capacity. The introduction of an intermediate care unit (IMC) integrated in the ICU care may improve this utilization.

7p viisaacnewton 26-04-2022 6 1   Download

In 2009, local governments owned 78% of all hospital beds, almost 20% of which were in Budapest. Hungary has followed the general European trend of reducing the number of acute hospital beds, both through real reductions and through bed reallocations to different types of services. The capacity for long-term nursing care in both the inpatient and outpatient setting is still considered insufficient and thus unable to meet the needs of the ageing population. In general, the average length of stay and hospital admission rates have decreased since 1990, as have bed occupancy rates. ...

103p nhamnhiqa 01-03-2013 42 2   Download

Hungary had 175 hospitals in 2009 with an average capacity of 470 beds and a range of 10 to 2166 beds. Although geographic inequalities at the regional level have generally decreased over the past 20 years, the fit between hospital capacity and the health care needs of the population remains less than ideal. Hospital infrastructure has suffered from a lack of public investment in the refurbishment of buildings and equipment. In general, health care investments have been poorly coordinated and guided by local economic interests rather than by the health needs of the population.

35p nhamnhiqa 01-03-2013 45 1   Download

The fit between existing capacities and the health care needs of the population remains less than ideal, but improvements have been made over the past 15 years. In general, the average length of stay and hospital admission rates have decreased since 1990, as have bed occupancy rates. However, capacity for long-term nursing care in both the inpatient and outpatient setting is still considered insufficient.

50p nhamnhiqa 01-03-2013 46 2   Download