490 0 obj 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. However, thanks to more citizens moving out of acute hospitals and into assisted living facilities, the number of people moving into these nursing homes is increasing, many of them with chronic illnesses, dementia, and terminal illnesses. 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. /N 33 European countries with the highest ratios are Italy and << As such, it is commonplace to find the total number of available hospital beds being reduced across most of the EU Member States. /Type /XObject >> %%EOF While the analysis presented so far has focused on beds in hospitals, this final section looks at beds in nursing and residential care facilities. Long-term care institutions refer to nursing and residential care facilities which provide accommodation and long-term care as a package. /Width 1191 Nursing homes in Europe struggle with pandemic's uncounted dead. Approximately 45% of individuals aged 65+ have a disability, and between 20% and 33% of individuals aged 65 and over require care/support, depending on how care is defined. /OP false At the other end of the range, all of the hospital beds in the Netherlands were in the private sector (not-for-profit), while a majority of the hospital beds in Germany (59 %; 2017 data) and Belgium (74 %) were in privately-owned hospitals. endobj /Type /Catalog /S 1524 0000002808 00000 n Excluded are recovery trolleys and beds for same day care (day care and out-patient care), provisional and temporary beds. 0000192378 00000 n Similar evidence on institutional care (nursing home - NH) is lacking in Europe [8, 9]. 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. >> Ireland (other than psychiatric care beds, excludes beds in the private health sector), Spain, Denmark and Sweden recorded the lowest numbers of hospital beds relative to their population size in 2018, all under 300 per 100 000 inhabitants. The European core health indicators (ECHI) shortlist includes an indicator on ‘hospital beds’ by type of bed in the chapter on health services. On average, each patient receives about four hours of personalized care per day. endobj Germany had the highest number of hospital beds relative to population size. According to German Health Minister Daniel Bahr, an estimated 5,000 elderly Germans currently live in nursing homes in eastern Europe. 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. 491 0 obj Hospital beds include beds for curative care, long-term care and rehabilitative care. Spain and the Netherlands: provisional. Hospitals comprise licensed establishments primarily engaged in providing medical, diagnostic and treatment services that include physician, nursing, and other health services to in-patients and the specialised accommodation services required by in-patients. /Resources << /Properties << /MC0 490 0 R /MC1 491 0 R /MC2 492 0 R >> /Type /Metadata %PDF-1.4 Europe's Nursing Homes Are Likely Coronavirus Hotspots, Officials Fear. /Length 189200 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. The lowest occupancy rates were recorded in Slovakia (66.9 %), Hungary (65.0 %), the Netherlands (64.3 %) and Cyprus (60.6 %; definition differs). �ĕ���UAy�T�'E����K� *z"jDoԘxY���Ջ/��`���p1QW��� Long-term care beds in nursing and residential care facilities, average length of stays for in-patients and the number of hospital discharges, Healthcare resources — beds: tables and figures, beds in nursing and residential care facilities, Health in the European Union — facts and figures, Dentists, pharmacists and physiotherapists, European Commission — Directorate-General for Health and Food Safety — European core health indicators (ECHI), European Commission — Directorate-General for Health and Food Safety — Health Systems Performance Assessment, European Commission — Directorate-General for Health and Food Safety — Public health, WHO Global Health Observatory (GHO) — Mortality and global health estimates, World Health Organisation (WHO) — Health system governance, https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php?title=Healthcare_resource_statistics_-_beds&oldid=498166. 0000251124 00000 n One of the greatest obstacles is the absence of a validated methodology for routinely use in Europe [ 10 ]. /CropBox [ 0 0 595.276 841.89 ] /Prev 1196255 The primary advantage to nursing home care is that patients have access to skilled care 24/7. 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. Sweden did ban visits to care homes on 31 March. /Size 513 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. /SMask /None endobj 493 0 obj 487 26 /Height 1472 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. /Parent 484 0 R There were five Member States where the number of hospital beds rose between 2013 and 2018: in three of these — Spain, Romania and Malta — the gains were relatively modest (no greater than 2.7 %), whereas larger increases were recorded for Bulgaria (up 7.4 %) and Ireland (up 22.3 %; note that there is a break in series). A growing number of elderly people in Sweden want to live in ‘senior housing’, ordinary homes for people aged 55 and over. 489 0 obj A comparison between 2013 and 2018 reveals that there was an increase in long-term care bed numbers per 100 000 inhabitants in most of the EU Member States for which data are available (no data for Cyprus and Portugal). Hospital beds are those beds which are regularly maintained and staffed and immediately available for the care of admitted patients; both occupied and unoccupied beds are included. stream 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. 0000192255 00000 n The German nursing homes market looks ripe for consolidation - 15,000 homes are run by 6,000 providers, but the market is heavily regulated. EU-27 and Lithuania: estimate. Age and Ageing 1997; 26-S2: 3-12 Nursing homes in 10 nations: a comparison between countries and settings MIELW. 494 0 obj eu.support@statista.com. /StructParents 0 �gl�����hGZ���ƕt��wNUF1� �Q���d3N%[m�6�x�������.E�s�#;� � !�H|�&�1�w��-"}��_ �T,������TՁ>�� ���e�k"R"A�_�%�.27�%��IJܟd�� endobj >> Up to half of the people who died in Europe from the coronavirus were in nursing homes, a World Health Organization official said Thursday. trailer The highest levels of activity recorded during 2016 H1 were France (€878m), Germany (€870m), the UK Among the 20 Member States for which data are available (see Figure 4 for data availability), 14 recorded an increase, while there were six that saw their rates decline. The next largest reduction was recorded in Romania, a decrease of 12 long-term care beds per 100 000 inhabitants. /SA true 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. /Type /Page 0000002670 00000 n x���eP\�=��>�u� �Kpwf�\ �!�ep�`4@���M�@����}y?���T��s�Z������6 j BBbBb"b2R2*fj* /Filter /FlateDecode endobj In all countries the support ratio (number of elderly people per 100 younger adults) is high and increasing rapidly. More than half of the employees (57%) worked part-time. 0000000017 00000 n endobj Try the new automatic translation by clicking on the blue icon “Translate” up in the right corner of the article! << 0000265402 00000 n 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). >> >> The following descriptions refer to the classification of hospital beds by type of care: Total hospital beds = curative (acute) care beds + rehabilitative care beds + long-term care beds + other hospital beds. What can we learn from international comparisons about LTC? Italy, where the continent’s … By Jamie Dettmer. As of 2015, Genesis HealthCare was the nursing home chain with the highest number of nursing homes, with 419 such facilities. /Pages 483 0 R 0000193353 00000 n 0000251723 00000 n Decreasing availability of hospital beds in most EU Member States. 0000002611 00000 n /T 1196267 /ViewerPreferences << /Direction /L2R >> Some are newly built, while others are regular homes that have been made more accessible as part of conversion or renovation work. 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). 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. A higher rate was recorded in Ireland (90.7 %; excluding psychiatric care beds and beds in the private health sector). /ID [<12f569b5a76522afd878a6a68a140907><12f569b5a76522afd878a6a68a140907>] Publicly-owned hospitals are those under the ownership or control of a government unit or another public corporation. In such homes, accessibility is a priority. The total number … << Although nursing homes technically provide care 24 hours a day, seven days a week, that doesn't mean individuals are supervised continuously. Speciality hospitals, including mental health and substance abuse hospitals, are also covered. This need has been clearly identified by the European Union (EU) in its 7 th Framework programme [ 11 ]. >> 492 0 obj /ArtBox [ 0 0 595.276 841.89 ] Beds in nursing and residential care facilities are recorded separately from hospital beds. Conclusions: no relation appears to exist between the ageing status of a country and the number of nursing home beds. 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 Number of nursing and elderly home beds Indicator code: E992762.T Beds available for people requiring long-term care in institutions (other than hospitals). Among the 20 Member States which reported an increase between 2013 and 2018 in their number of long-term care beds in nursing and residential care facilities relative to population, there were increases of more than 100 beds per 100 000 inhabitants in Lithuania, Slovakia and Malta. 0000001163 00000 n endobj 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. /PageLayout /SinglePage >> 0000228722 00000 n 0000251755 00000 n I think we have good coverage of their nursing homes. However, a separate sub-total for psychiatric care beds (across all four categories) is also available (see Table 1). 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). There was a relatively clear pattern among the EU Member States with respect to the change in occupancy rates of curative cure beds between 2013 and 2018. /Type /ExtGState By contrast, the number of rehabilitative care beds relative to population size decreased in nine Member States between 2013 and 2018. 487 0 obj In the United States, roughly 41 percent of covid-19 deaths were recorded among nursing-home residents. 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. By contrast, there were double-digit increases in long-term care bed numbers in Croatia and Bulgaria (both 12 additional beds per 100 000 inhabitants), as well as in Malta where the number of long-term care beds in hospitals rose from 2 to 26 beds per 100 000 inhabitants (note that there is a break in series). 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. The number of employees rose by 5% from 2008 to 2010, which is a total increase of 27,000 employees in two years. /E 267706 %���� But in Spain, where the pandemic has ignited a polarized debate on the country’s ability to care for Europe’s fastest-aging society, nursing home coronavirus deaths have been climbing for two months. Publicly operated nursing homes accounted for only 6% of the total. Among the EU Member States, Germany recorded not only the highest number of hospital beds (661 000; 2017 data), but also the highest number relative to population size, with 800 hospital beds per 100 000 population (see Table 1); Bulgaria, Austria and Hungary also recorded more than 700 hospital beds per 100 000 inhabitants, with the ratio in Romania just below this level. Nursing Homes: Capitol Senior Living: 78: Capitol Senior Living is a … Across the EU, 95m persons are aged 65 and over, equating to 18.5% of the total population. In 2018, there were 2.4 million hospital beds available for use across the EU-27. In a home in Alcoi, near Alicante, 26 out of 130 residents died. /Subtype /XML 0000193055 00000 n endstream ��8�Mv�7��f2�. �V����R:Ysj�e����߶mߢ �=F�%���g������N�Z��0��s�ځ`[�̪c�2���I�ؚ`�lG���d�LHt+��K}2��2�o�mEraځMs��A��/��}��d)��[>D��/9U�o:����"�:�.$�\����L�GO���a�3�����Wz遤����JS���QZ�Z�v4�o*Wm�>/(ڤ���yY��w��'3�y*,p� �ix|�a��}�h�9�=�ʼn��߬�J�ᑳ���Zq�?7&�����W 쀱ز���M#�ǖ���ʟ���v7�k���foi����e鑕�H�E�*�����"�F� �U���y�� �� �� 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. /MediaBox [ 0 0 595.276 841.89 ] /Lang (fr-FR) This is what every investor or operator looking at the market ought know according to Hermann Thiel, CEO of healthcare real estate consultancy Terranus. /BleedBox [ 0 0 595.276 841.89 ] 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. >> In total, 574,000 employees worked in nursing homes in 2010, 85% of them female. stream 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). With an increasingly ageing European population and an increase in the number of the oldest old, the number of people moving to nursing home care is likely to increase. In most of the remaining Member States for which data are available, the number of long-term care beds in nursing and residential care facilities ranged from 400 to 1 000 per 100 000 inhabitants. This page was last modified on 16 September 2020, at 14:23. Almost three quarters of these were for curative care, while the largest share of the remainder was beds for rehabilitative care, followed by beds for long-term care and beds for other purposes. In 2018, at least 90 % of hospital beds in Lithuania, Slovenia, Croatia, Malta, Finland, Romania, Denmark, Estonia and Latvia were in publicly-owned hospitals. European Nursing Homes R eport | 2019 3 European context Demographic evolution Dependency ratio The dependency ratio (the number of people aged over 65 / the population aged 1564) in the European Union was at - 28.8% in 2015. For some patients, that is vital. �/0 �+y@�W�#����Ϥ�,ٮ���]�mTi�FW'�����m���R���&��2y{�%�ǥj����G�I'�(1L��oE�Iw�b�Ds{�io�n�'fE)`e�?0�Հ���]��٨N���H��c�r-�Wˌ�qO���|�ࠖ�. /DecodeParms [ null << /Quality 65 >> ] Rehabilitative care beds accommodate hospital patients with the intent to stabilise, improve or restore impaired body functions and structures. The share of curative care beds among all hospital beds was highest in Cyprus (100 %), while curative care beds accounted for more than 90 % of all hospital beds in Denmark, Portugal, Ireland (excluding beds in the private health sector; curative care beds exclude psychiatric care beds), Slovenia and Sweden; note that in Slovenia and Sweden the number of curative care beds includes all psychiatric care beds (whether curative or not). 0000002525 00000 n 0000227970 00000 n /H [ 1163 874 ] Among the EU Member States, the occupancy rate of curative care beds in 2018 was often situated within the range of 61 % to 82 % (see Figure 4 for data availability). /ca 1 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. /BitsPerComponent 8 A significant minority of older people lives in European nursing homes, around 4% in countries such as the UK and France . The number of rehabilitative care beds increased by more than 10 beds per 100 000 inhabitants in Poland and Bulgaria (where the highest increase was recorded, an additional 23 beds per 100 000 inhabitants). << /CA 1 Belgium, Slovenia, Sweden, Norway and Serbia: includes all beds for psychiatric care. Hospitals may also provide out-patient services as a secondary activity. 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), … startxref But as in many European countries, relatives, staff and union officials have shared concerns that protective clothing arrived too … Tel … The largest fall in the number of long-term care beds per 100 000 inhabitants was recorded in Finland, dropping from 165 to 69 beds per 100 000 inhabitants between 2013 and 2018. As of … Figures 1 to 3 provide an analysis of the change between 2013 and 2018 in the availability (relative to the size of population) for three specific types of hospital beds. endobj Over a quarter of the total older population are aged 80+, and around half of all LTC users are … /Linearized 1 488 0 obj /Subtype /XML >> /ExtGState << /GS0 493 0 R >> /XObject << /X0 494 0 R >> /ColorSpace << /CS0 /Rotate 0 Serbia: excludes beds in the private health sector. /AIS false /Info 486 0 R /Contents 511 0 R Most EU Member States reported an increase in the number of beds in for-profit private hospitals. This page has been accessed 60,231 times. Highest curative care beds occupancy rates in Ireland. /TrimBox [ 0 0 595.276 841.89 ] /Subtype /Image 0000251565 00000 n In most EU Member States (no data for Portugal or Sweden), long-term care beds accounted for less than 15 % of the total number of hospital beds in 2018, with only Hungary (17.4 %), Croatia (17.4 %), Finland (19.0 %), Estonia (19.5 %) and Czechia (29.6 %) reporting higher shares. The disproportionate deaths in the nursing home setting aren't isolated to Europe. Aside from these three Member States, the lowest shares of beds in publicly-owned hospitals were found in Cyprus (54 %) and France (62 %). 0000002552 00000 n /BM /Normal 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). In recent years, most EU Member States have reported a decrease in the availability of hospital beds. ... (Europe) Email. Bed numbers per 100 000 inhabitants rose at a faster pace in Romania, Ireland (note that there is a break in series; excluding psychiatric care beds and beds in the private health sector) and Bulgaria, with increases of 33, 41 and 52 beds per 100 000 inhabitants respectively. 0000228413 00000 n ... the two regions hit earliest by the pandemic reported an over 30% increase in the number of … Aside from the three Member States that did not report any long-term care beds in hospitals — Germany, Cyprus and Luxembourg — there were 12 where there was a decrease in their number of long-term care beds relative to population size and 10 where there was an increase. This has radically changed the population structure of Europe since 1950. A first grim glimpse of Europe’s nursing home situation came on March 23, when soldiers sent to disinfect nursing homes in Madrid discovered dozens of elderly residents dead in their beds. Source: Eurostat (online data code: hlth_rs_bds). << a colon ‘:’ is used to show where data are not available; a dash ‘–‘ is used to show where data are not applicable/relevant. There were an additional 191 000 hospital beds in Germany in not-for-profit private hospitals (2017 data), which was also the highest number recorded among the EU Member States, followed in 2018 by France (56 300) and the special case of the Netherlands, where the entire stock of hospital beds (54 500 beds) was in the not-for-profit private sector. This article presents an overview of European Union (EU) statistics related to the availability and occupancy of hospital beds as well as the availability of long-term care beds in nursing and residential care facilities. 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