On the other hand, visits to emergency departments broke records, with more than 21.8 million visits by 2018. Almost 4,200 hospital beds have
On the other hand, emergency room visits have broken records, with more than 21.8 million visits by 2018.
Almost 4,200 hospital beds were removed in 2018 in France, where the number of maternity hospitals fell below the threshold of 500, according to a report published on Friday by Drees, the statistics service of the ministry of social affairs.
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The closing of beds continued in all health institutions, public and private, which had already crossed the symbolic threshold of 400,000 hospital beds by the end of 2017. With an additional 4,195 deletions in 2018, 3,042 hospitals and clinics had exactly 395,670 beds at the end of the year, according to the Drees’ “panorama” yearbook.
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Creation of 1845 square meters, partial hospitalization
This loss of capacity was partially offset by the creation of 1,845 square meters, partial hospitalization (excluding overnight stays), bringing the number to nearly 77,300. dollars a day, or +2%) and a further decline in total admissions (118.2 million days, or -1%).
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Back in 2018, eleven maternity hospitals closed their doors in the country, with less than half of the thousand (492) birth places. In the context of the declining birth rate for several years, about 500 new maternity beds were removed (15,400 in total). On the other hand, visits to 709 emergency services broke records again, with more than 21.8 million trips, which is 2% more than the previous year.
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Date of update: July 3, 2020, 09:58
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Source: newstars.edu.vn