Health care in Thuringia

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The health system in Thuringia comprises the entire health care system in the state of Thuringia .

Hospitals

There are 42 hospitals in Thuringia with around 16,000 hospital beds. This corresponds to approx. 700 beds per 100,000 inhabitants. 42% of the beds are in public, 22% in non-profit and 36% in private law. Approximately 558,000 cases are treated each year. Around 28,000 people are employed in the hospitals.

Classification according to supply order

According to the 7th Thuringian Hospital Plan valid from January 1, 2017 to 2022, the hospitals are divided into three levels depending on their supply mandate:

In Thuringia there are eight hospitals with supraregional supply mandates: the Erfurt Clinic and the Jena University Clinic (both to be equated as hospitals for maximum care ) as well as the Südharz Clinic Nordhausen , SRH Wald-Klinikum Gera , Central Clinic Bad Berka , Thuringia Clinics "Georgius Agricola" , SRH Central Clinic Suhl and Helios Clinic Meiningen (all hospitals specializing in care ).

There are also 13 hospitals with regional intermediary supply mandates and six hospitals with regional supply mandates.

Today's Ecumenical Hainich Clinic Mühlhausen , founded in 1912 as the Prussian state sanatorium and nursing home Pfafferode , is the largest mental hospital in Thuringia.

Centers

Five clinics are listed as important tumor centers in the hospital plan , which also include the cases of the other tumor-treating hospitals in Thuringia in the cancer registry :

  • Südharz Hospital Nordhausen
  • Helios Clinic Erfurt
  • SRH Wald-Klinikum Gera
  • Jena University Hospital
  • SRH Central Clinic Suhl

The Jena University Hospital will continue to operate as a transplant center and the Erfurt Clinic as a center for children with severe burns.

Rehabilitation clinics

In Thuringia there are 36 rehabilitation facilities with around 6,000 beds. Around 3000 people are employed in rehabilitation. Locations are Bad Berka , Bad Blankenburg , Bad Colberg , Bad Frankenhausen , Bad Klosterlausnitz , Bad Langensalza , Bad Liebenstein , Bad Lobenstein , Bad Salzungen , Bad Sulza , Bad Tennstedt , Eisenach , Erfurt , Heilbad Heiligenstadt , Jena , Lichte , Masserberg , Mühlhausen , Neuhaus-Schierschnitz , Remptendorf , Römhild , Saalfeld , Stadtlengsfeld , Steinfeld , Tabarz , Uhlstädt and Weimar .

Outpatient care

There are 542 pharmacies in Thuringia . There is one pharmacy for every 4300 inhabitants. This is slightly below the national average. There are around 7600 doctors in Thuringia. Each doctor has to look after around 300 patients, which is above the national average.

There are 75 medical care centers (MVZ) in Thuringia . Twelve of them are owned by registered contract doctors. Two thirds of the MVZ were founded by clinics and are publicly, privately or church-owned.

education

Most of the training in the medical professions takes place at the Jena University Hospital, the Ernst Abbe University of Applied Sciences in Jena , the SRH University for Health Gera and at the vocational schools .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. 7. Thuringian Hospital Plan, Paragraph 3.2.5, p. 10/11 - Supply mandate (pdf; 2.6 MB)
  2. 7. Thuringian hospital plan, data sheets of the hospitals, from p. 36 (pdf; 2.6 MB)
  3. History of ÖHKs website of the Ecumenical Hainich Hospital, accessed on May 27, 2013.
  4. a b 7. Thuringian Hospital Plan, Paragraph 6.1, pp. 21/22 - Centers (pdf; 2.6 MB)
  5. http://www.statistik.thueringen.de/webshop/pdf/2009/01401_2009_00.xls
  6. http://www.statistik.thueringen.de/presse/2006/pr_131_06.htm
  7. http://www.statistik.thueringen.de/presse/2003/pr_123_03.htm
  8. http://www.aerztezeitung.de/politik_gesellschaft/article/652127/mvz-thueringen-ueberwiegend-klinikhand.html