93 Hospital beds per 100,000 residents Topic:
Sub-Topic:
Health
Provision of health services
Definition The number of in-patient hospital beds in the city, expressed as the number of hospital beds per 100,000 of the city population
Methodology The annual total number of public and private hospital in-patient beds in the city is determined. The city population is then divided by 100,000 and the result divided into the number of public hospital in-patient beds in the city. The result is expressed as the number of in-patient hospital beds per 100,000 of city population. Hospital beds include in-patient and maternity beds. This includes beds in wards that are closed for reasons such as lack of health staff, building works, etc. It also includes beds for patients admitted who require continual assistance, incubators, and specialized care. It does not include day care beds, pre-anesthesia beds, wake-up beds, beds for members of a patient‘s family, cots for births without complications, and beds for hospital staff. Cots and delivery beds are excluded.
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Detailed Descriptions of the Indicators
As systems become more advanced, a good system that has the right blend of mid-level providers (nurse practitioners and physician’s assistants) and physicians, and a robust prevention program with easy access to outpatient primary care, may need fewer hospital beds and fewer physicians yet be able to produce equally good or even better health outcomes. (Based on GCIF indicator description for “Number of in-patient hospital beds per 100,000 population,” and Urban Audit – Methodological Handbook, 2004)
Benchmarks Green
Yellow
Red
> 100
50–100
< 50
Rationale The number of in-patient hospital beds is one of the few available indicators that monitor the level of health service delivery. Service delivery is an important part of health systems, and hospital bed density is one of the few indicators that can be collected worldwide. (Based on WHO, World Health Statistics 2006.)
Other organizations or agencies that use this indicator GCIF; World Health Organization (WHO); UNDP (per 10,000 people); World Bank (per 1,000 people).
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