Decreasing availability of hospital beds in most EU Member States. A total of 7 out of 27 EU Member States recorded an increase in their number of curative care beds in hospitals (relative to the size of their population) between 2013 and 2018 (see Figure 1 for information about the coverage for individual Member States). What can we learn from international comparisons about LTC? In many areas, technological developments have reduced the average length of stay for in-patient procedures or replaced procedures requiring in-patient care with ones that can be provided to day care or out-patients. Reductions were generally no greater than 4 beds per 100 000 inhabitants, although a higher number of bed losses was reported for Germany (down 8 beds per 100 000 inhabitants between 2013 and 2017), Luxembourg and Malta (both down 14 beds per 100 000 inhabitants). /Linearized 1 Privately-owned hospitals may be distinguished as either not-for-profit (no financial gain for the unit(s) that establishes, controls or finances them) or for-profit. /ArtBox [ 0 0 595.276 841.89 ] Similarly, the number of places in private care homes has increased to a greater extent than in public care homes in all countries for which there is data, with the exception of Spain. Rehabilitative care beds accommodate hospital patients with the intent to stabilise, improve or restore impaired body functions and structures. /CropBox [ 0 0 595.276 841.89 ] a colon ‘:’ is used to show where data are not available; a dash ‘–‘ is used to show where data are not applicable/relevant. endobj 490 0 obj Some are newly built, while others are regular homes that have been made more accessible as part of conversion or renovation work. /Type /Metadata The strategy has helped Belgium reduce nursing homes deaths from 63% of all COVID-19 fatalities before mid-June to 39% at the end of November. 494 0 obj << Age and Ageing 1997; 26-S2: 3-12 Nursing homes in 10 nations: a comparison between countries and settings MIELW. Relative to population size, the number of long-term care beds in nursing and residential care facilities fell in Bulgaria, Luxembourg (2014-2018), the Netherlands, Latvia and Denmark (note that there is a break in series for most of these Member States). Spotlight European care home investment investment achieved in France €878m European care home investment volumes reached approximately €2.6bn during the first half of 2016, which is 60% higher than the same period in 2015. By contrast, less than two thirds of all hospital beds were for curative care in Croatia, Czechia, Hungary, Latvia and France (where the lowest share was recorded, at 51.5 %). For some patients, that is vital. /Type /Metadata /O 489 During the period 2013-2018, the number of rehabilitative beds relative to population size increased in a majority (17) of the 27 EU Member States (see Figure 2 for details of the data coverage); note that there were no rehabilitative care beds in Cyprus. /BM /Normal Up to half of the people who died in Europe from the coronavirus were in nursing homes, a World Health Organization official said Thursday. Over a quarter of the total older population are aged 80+, and around half of all LTC users are … /op false Conclusions: no relation appears to exist between the ageing status of a country and the number of nursing home beds. Nursing-home administrators are adamant that was not the case. 0000251565 00000 n /Height 1472 /CA 1 Publicly operated nursing homes accounted for only 6% of the total. 0000001163 00000 n There was an expansion in the number of beds in eight Member States, most notably in Romania and Bulgaria where the number of hospital beds in for-profit private hospitals increased by 52 % and 49 % respectively. 488 0 obj COVID-19 fatalities in Europe’s care homes far higher than official counts ... from a safe distance with relatives, at the elderly nursing, in Alzano Lombardo, Italy. Relative to population size, the highest numbers of long-term care beds in such facilities in 2018 were recorded in Sweden and the Netherlands, each with approximately 1 400 beds per 100 000 inhabitants (see Figure 5), while Belgium, Finland, Luxembourg, Malta, Germany (2017 data) and Slovenia also recorded 1 000 long-term care beds or more per 100 000 inhabitants. stream In absolute terms, the largest increases in bed numbers were also recorded in Bulgaria and Romania, where for-profit private hospitals added respectively 4 100 and 2 700 beds between 2013 and 2018, while Germany added 2 200 beds between 2013 and 2017. Similar evidence on institutional care (nursing home - NH) is lacking in Europe [8, 9]. There were relatively small increases in the Netherlands (note that there is a break in series), Spain and Greece (note that there is a break in series). 0000193353 00000 n This article is one of a set of statistical articles concerning healthcare resources in the EU which forms part of an online publication health statistics. Table 2 provides an analysis of the number of hospital beds based on the type of hospital ownership. Beds in nursing and residential care facilities are recorded separately from hospital beds. 0000265402 00000 n Among the 25 EU Member States for which information is available (no information for Portugal or Sweden), there was a mixed development to the number of long-term care beds per 100 000 inhabitants during the period 2013 to 2018. xref /Info 486 0 R /OPM 1 >> %%EOF endobj Hospital beds include beds for curative care, long-term care and rehabilitative care. During the period under consideration, Luxembourg, Austria, Denmark (note that there is a break in series) and Lithuania saw their respective number of curative beds diminish by more than 50 beds per 100 000 inhabitants. endobj hի&L�FiF���/�&��t_Ԟ\�Z��)�cv����R��;�>�bܭy�ZnT>��o�o-}�=�¯�)!�R���u>���QI�R�L�\�5w4r_uĝ�j����`oq��-;t/*_׼i|S7���ך̘��Sf1���Z���(a�3q�q��e3�cb�I�W�p&��P6w^�|�;`H�"m)[���uT�֔�I�J�RW �7T��Vc��NYFfЅӂB�p&�k([�n��]�E�c��@Y��arnڼe�W��jj.&y[)ۖ��~%a����;�lA�1X-�¤���]�'Խ������\Z0�+�C�)�p�B-�~'R�ɑ*ʎ�z����1�G՘��RVW?1)y Tel … Across the 19 EU Member States for which data are available for both 2013 and 2018 (see Table 2 for coverage), the development of the number of hospital beds in for-profit private hospitals was mixed. >> Long-term care institutions refer to nursing and residential care facilities which provide accommodation and long-term care as a package. ������%���Ncr�CY���6�g���_j�{�*��{OM5�w�P�E��W��X>��H��Bz_��?F=��Z��k��8� ^Fm���p ̒Ό�h�eNш0[M�+ڎ�0Ȓ�܏^�I7 �p�����Z��J6��vlb�w�E�N�pZ �;� ۼ��@���_8�e,���4��N�B�dw��1��a��Q� �8���D�9A��N���u�C1Vѻ���D�^B `��o2�Gb̀�)?I�׹��R�:��'Y��@v�&)Seʹ��^u�N�q�\� ���O��;r The lowest occupancy rates were recorded in Slovakia (66.9 %), Hungary (65.0 %), the Netherlands (64.3 %) and Cyprus (60.6 %; definition differs). 0000000992 00000 n 512 0 obj Half of those over 70 years old who have died from Covid-19 in Sweden lived in nursing homes, according to national statistics at the end of April. 0000251124 00000 n In 2018, there were approximately 3.4 million long-term care beds in nursing and residential care facilities in the 25 EU Member States where data was available (no data available for Cyprus and Portugal; 2017 data for Germany). Recent methodological changes in the classification of hospital beds have included psychiatric care beds among the various categories of beds (curative, rehabilitative, long-term care and other). endobj ... the two regions hit earliest by the pandemic reported an over 30% increase in the number of … %���� For country specific notes on this data collection, please refer to these background information documents: Indicators concerning the number and type of hospital beds complement information on hospital personnel and equipment to provide an overview of the resources available for delivering healthcare in hospitals. Specifically, what approaches to LTC delivery and to LTC policy can lessen the effects of disability of older persons and improve outcomes, especially of nursing home care? The primary advantage to nursing home care is that patients have access to skilled care 24/7. In absolute terms, the largest number of hospital beds in for-profit private hospitals was in Germany where there were 201 000 beds in 2017, more than double the next highest number, 96 000 in 2018 in France. /Type /XObject /S 1524 Although nursing homes technically provide care 24 hours a day, seven days a week, that doesn't mean individuals are supervised continuously. x���KLA�o�u;cg�T��X_� There were six Member States that reported fewer than 400 such beds, with Greece (40 beds per 100 000 inhabitants; definition differs) and Bulgaria (30 beds per 100 000 inhabitants) recording by far the lowest ratios. 0000228722 00000 n According to German Health Minister Daniel Bahr, an estimated 5,000 elderly Germans currently live in nursing homes in eastern Europe. Statistics on healthcare resources (such as beds in hospitals as well as nursing and residential care facilities) are documented in this background article which provides information on the scope of the data, its legal basis, the methodology employed, as well as related concepts and definitions. The next largest reduction was recorded in Romania, a decrease of 12 long-term care beds per 100 000 inhabitants. Italy, where the continent’s … It should be noted that the information on hospital beds only covers beds for in-patient care: many hospitals also provide day care and out-patient care and beds used for these services are excluded from the information presented. As such, it is commonplace to find the total number of available hospital beds being reduced across most of the EU Member States. The number of practising nursing professionals was otherwise generally within the range of 400 to 1 000 per 100 000 inhabitants in 2018 in most of the remaining Member States, with Slovenia (343), Greece (195; only nursing professionals working in hospitals), … /ViewerPreferences << /Direction /L2R >> In percentage point terms, the largest increase in occupancy rates was recorded in the Netherlands (an increase of 19.8 percentage points between 2012 and 2018), while the largest decreases between 2013 and 2018 were in Hungary (down 5.4 percentage points) and Cyprus (down 13.7 percentage points; note that there is a break in series and that the definition differs).