What Is the “Right” Number of Hospital Beds for Palliative Population Health Needs?
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
3. Results
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Conflicts of Interest
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Province or Country | Hospitals (N) | Hospital Beds (N) | Population (N) | Citizens per Hospital (ratio) | Citizens per Bed (ratio) | Jurisdiction’s Geographical Area (square kilometers) | Average Area per Hospital (square kilometers) |
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Canadian Provinces | |||||||
Alberta | 106 | 9079 | 4.067M | 38,368 | 448 | 661,848 | 6244 |
British Columbia | 98 | 10,527 | 4.777M | 48,745 | 454 | 944,735 | 9640 |
Manitoba | 71 | 4245 | 1.278M | 18,000 | 301 | 647,797 | 9124 |
New Brunswick | 24 | 2347 | 747,101 | 31,129 | 318 | 73,440 | 3060 |
Newfoundland and Labrador | 33 | 1361 | 519,716 | 15,749 | 382 | 405,720 | 12,295 |
Nova Scotia | 36 | 2811 | 923,598 | 25,656 | 329 | 55,284 | 1536 |
Ontario | 144 | 26,013 | 13.448M | 93,392 | 517 | 1,076,395 | 7475 |
Prince Edward Island | 7 | 488 | 142,907 | 20,415 | 293 | 5620 | 803 |
Saskatchewan | 61 | 3079 | 1.158M | 18,984 | 376 | 651,900 | 9488 |
Cross-border Average | 34,493 | 380 | 6629 | ||||
International | |||||||
Australia | 1322 | 89,019 | 24.772M | 18,738 | 278 | 7,692,024 | 5818 |
Belgium | 177 | 69,464 | 11.499M | 64,966 | 166 | 30,528 | 172 |
Denmark | 89 | 14,871 | 5.754M | 64,652 | 387 | 43,094 | 484 |
England | 1895 | 169,995 | 66.573M | 35,131 | 392 | 130,279 | 69 |
France | 3089 | 408,245 | 65.233M | 21,118 | 160 | 547,030 | 177 |
Germany | 3108 | 664,364 | 82.293M | 26,478 | 124 | 357,021 | 115 |
Ireland | 69 | 14,076 | 4.803M | 69,609 | 341 | 84,421 | 1223 |
Italy | 1115 | 194,065 | 59.291M | 53,176 | 306 | 301,340 | 270 |
Japan | 8480 | 1,672,594 | 127.185M | 14,998 | 76 | 378,000 | 45 |
New Zealand | 159 | 12,821 | 4.750M | 29,874 | 370 | 268,021 | 1686 |
Norway | 62 | 19,519 | 5.353M | 86,339 | 274 | 385,252 | 6214 |
Scotland | 275 | 21,525 | 5.405M | 19,655 | 251 | 80,240 | 292 |
Sweden | 78 | 23,885 | 9.983M | 127,987 | 418 | 449,964 | 5769 |
Switzerland | 288 | 37,965 | 8.544M | 29,667 | 225 | 41,293 | 143 |
The Netherlands | 505 | 70,310 | 17.084M | 33,830 | 243 | 41,526 | 82 |
Cross-border Average | 46,415 | 267 | 1504 |
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Wilson, D.M.; Brow, R.; Playfair, R.; Errasti-Ibarrondo, B. What Is the “Right” Number of Hospital Beds for Palliative Population Health Needs? Societies 2018, 8, 108. https://doi.org/10.3390/soc8040108
Wilson DM, Brow R, Playfair R, Errasti-Ibarrondo B. What Is the “Right” Number of Hospital Beds for Palliative Population Health Needs? Societies. 2018; 8(4):108. https://doi.org/10.3390/soc8040108
Chicago/Turabian StyleWilson, Donna M., Ryan Brow, Robyn Playfair, and Begoña Errasti-Ibarrondo. 2018. "What Is the “Right” Number of Hospital Beds for Palliative Population Health Needs?" Societies 8, no. 4: 108. https://doi.org/10.3390/soc8040108
APA StyleWilson, D. M., Brow, R., Playfair, R., & Errasti-Ibarrondo, B. (2018). What Is the “Right” Number of Hospital Beds for Palliative Population Health Needs? Societies, 8(4), 108. https://doi.org/10.3390/soc8040108