Plan bed
In the hospital system, the number of planned beds means the maximum number of beds that a medical facility ( clinic , hospital, nursing home, etc.) may operate. Planned beds are included in the country's hospital plan, as opposed to occupied beds, which are actually available to fully care for patients. There is therefore no obligation to fully operate the number of planned beds in the allocated amount.
Plan bed inventory
In addition to normal care beds, the inventory of planned beds also includes intensive care beds, emergency beds, guard room beds, but not normal baby beds, recovery beds, dialysis beds, beds for semi-inpatients and staff beds.
meaning
The number of planned beds is important as a basis for calculating the lump-sum funding of the federal states. The number of assigned planned beds is determined from the number and structure of residents, length of stay, frequency of admission and bed occupancy rate.
criticism
For a realistic and thus fairer financing, critics are calling for the number of planned beds as a basis for assessment to be replaced by a performance-related indicator, such as the number of actual hospital cases.
Development of the number of hospital beds per 100,000 inhabitants
Number of patient beds that was officially determined for inpatient treatment in a care facility or a facility that also offers inpatient care and can be admitted for at least one night. Inpatient care is provided by hospitals, nursing homes and nursing homes as well as by other facilities that are counted as outpatient care facilities due to their main care activity, but also offer inpatient care as a secondary activity.
In a European comparison, Germany has a very large number of hospital beds. Nevertheless, around 140 hospitals were closed between 1991 and 1998 and overcapacities of around 140,000 hospital beds were reduced.
| year | Germany | Austria | Switzerland | France | Italy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 968.6 | 755.9 | 750.6 | 926.6 | 667.9 |
| 1994 | 972.3 | 761.4 | 702.1 | 905.6 | 653.5 |
| 1995 | 969.8 | 755.1 | 700.8 | 890.0 | 622.1 |
| 1996 | 957.8 | 746.3 | 665.9 | 872.1 | 649.5 |
| 1997 | 938.0 | 736.6 | 663.7 | 853.1 | 582.3 |
| 1998 | 929.3 | 723.9 | 664.0 | 871.4 | 548.7 |
| 1999 | 919.4 | 808.2 | 660.8 | 820.1 | 492.7 |
| 2000 | 911.6 | 794.8 | 628.7 | 797.0 | 470.8 |
| 2001 | 901.0 | 784.8 | 603.6 | 782.7 | 461.3 |
| 2002 | 887.3 | 780.7 | 594.5 | 771.3 | 443.4 |
| 2003 | 874.4 | 773.3 | 582.4 | 754.6 | 415.9 |
| 2004 | 857.8 | 773.4 | 567.0 | 739.0 | 398.6 |
| 2005 | 846.7 | 768.7 | 553.9 | 722.5 | 399.9 |
| 2006 | 829.7 | 776.5 | 539.1 | 777.6 | 393.9 |
| 2007 | 823.9 | 766.2 | 536.0 | 706.0 | 384.5 |
| 2008 | 821.4 | 767.9 | 521.1 | 690.3 | 372.7 |
| 2009 | 823.9 | 765.9 | 510.4 | 665.9 | 362.6 |
| 2010 | 824.8 | 762.9 | 496.3 | 642.4 | 352.5 |
Source: Eurostat , green background means an increase in the number of beds