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Date: November 7, 2024 Patients discharged from hospital after inpatient treatment
Tables on the subject: Patients discharged from hospital after inpatient treatment (including deaths and hour cases)
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Date: September 27, 2024 Hospital deliveries in Germany from 1991 to 2023
Tables on the subject: Hospital deliveries in Germany from 1991 to 2023
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Press release No. N 009 of 15 February 2023 Nearly one third of births by Caesarean section in 2021
Roughly 237,000 women delivered by Caesarean in 2021, which means that nearly one out of three births in hospitals in Germany was by Caesarean section. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that the Caesarean rate was 30.9% for the whole …
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Press release No. N 007 of 2 February 2023 World Cancer Day: record low of in-patient cancer treatments in 2021
In 2021, just under 1.44 million patients were treated for cancer in hospitals on an in-patient basis. The number of in-patient cancer treatments in the second Covid year thus fell to a record low within the last 20 years as reported by the Federal …
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Press release No. N 064 of 2 November 2022 Number of in-patient treatments for testicular cancer down by 40% within 20 years
The number of in-patient treatments for testicular cancer fell by 40% within 20 years. Roughly 10,900 boys and men all over Germany were treated in hospital for testicular cancer in 2020. This is reported by the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) …
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Press release No. 416 of 30 September 2022 Reference value for hospital costs amounts to 6.07% in 2022
The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) publishes the reference value for hospitals on the basis of the Hospital Fees Act. It is an important parameter for the partners in the German self-governing healthcare system (statutory health insurance …
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Press release No. 364 of 30 August 2022 Number of beds and bed occupancy rate of hospitals almost unchanged in 2021
The supply of and demand for hospital services have remained nearly unchanged in 2021, the second year of the Covid-19 pandemic, compared with a year earlier. The total number of beds provided (483,532), among them 27,394 intensive care beds and …
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Press release No. N 033 of 30 May 2022 Number of women dying of lung and bronchial cancer significantly higher than 20 years ago
Approximately 75,500 people died of smoking-specific illnesses in Germany in 2020. 46,100 of these cases were due to lung, bronchial, laryngeal or tracheal cancer and 29,400 to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). To mark the World No …
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Press release No. N 026 of 11 May 2022 Number of people working in hospital nursing care up 18% in ten years
The demand for labour in nursing care has been growing for years. Since the Covid-19 pandemic broke out, the skilled labour shortage and the working conditions in nursing care have come even more into focus. To mark International Nurses Day on 12 …
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Press release No. N 024 of 6 May 2022 Covid year 2020: 40% fewer children and young people hospitalised because of alcohol abuse compared with the previous year
The number of people hospitalised because of alcohol abuse was down markedly in the first year of the Covid-19 pandemic as parties were cancelled, pubs and restaurants closed and contacts restricted. Roughly 12,200 children and young people aged 10 …
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Press release No. N 022 of 26 April 2022 One third of births in 2020 by Caesarean section
Roughly 220,700 women delivered by Caesarean section in 2020, which means that nearly one out of three births in hospitals in Germany was by Caesarean section. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that the Caesarean rate was 29.7% for …
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Press release No. 585 of 20 December 2021 Number of intensive care beds increased by an annual average of 5% in 2020 compared with a year earlier
In the pandemic year of 2020, the number of intensive care beds in German hospitals increased by roughly 5% (or 1,400) year on year to about 27,000, according to provisional results of the Federal Statistical Office. At the same time, the total of …
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Press release No. 563 of 9 December 2021 Coronavirus pandemic has led to excess mortality in Germany
The coronavirus waves have led to excess mortality in Germany. This has been ascertained by the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) based on an evaluation of the death statistics in the course of the pandemic. This has also led to excess death …
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Press release No. 461 of 30 September 2021 Reference value for hospital costs amounts to 2.48% in 2021
The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) publishes the reference value for hospitals on the basis of the Hospital Fees Act. It is an important parameter for the partners in the German self-governing healthcare system (statutory health insurance …
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Press release No. 445 of 22 September 2021 In-patient hospital treatments down 13% in 2020
The corona pandemic had a substantial impact on the number of cases of in-patient treatment and operations in German hospitals in 2020. A total of 16.4 million in-patients were treated in general hospitals. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) …
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Press release No. 194 of 16 April 2021 Each hospital case cost 5,088 euros on average in 2019
The costs of in-patient treatment in hospitals in Germany increased by 5.7% to approximately 98.8 billion euros in 2019 compared with a year earlier (2018: 93.5 billion euros). When related to roughly 19.4 million people who were treated as …
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Press release No. N 022 of 30 March 2021 Number of psychotherapists up 19% between 2015 and 2019
Fear of losing one’s livelihood, social isolation, stress: the coronavirus pandemic has a negative impact on the psyche. Even before the crisis, the number of psychotherapists was on the rise in Germany. The Federal Statistical Office reports that …
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Press release No. N 018 of 15 March 2021 One in three hospital deliveries by Caesarean section in 2019
Almost one in three of the roughly 748,500 women who delivered in a hospital in Germany in 2019 gave birth to their child by Caesarean section. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that the Caesarean rate thus was 29.6% for the whole of …
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Press release No. 437 of 4 November 2020 Operations in hospitals in 2019: 38% of patients with full in-patient treatment were operated
7.1 million of the 18.8 million in-patients treated in general hospitals in Germany were operated on in 2019. That was 37.8% of the in-patients. Compared with the preceding year, the proportion did not change much (2018: 37.9%). The Federal …
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Press release No. N 064 of 7 October 2020 Number of intensive care beds in Germany up 36% between 1991 and 2018
The rise of new Covid-19 infections in Germany could result in increased demand for medical in-patient care. The number of beds for intensive care in hospitals was expanded in Germany in the past decades. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) …
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Press release No. 383 of 30 September 2020 Reference value for hospital costs amounts to 2.60% in 2020
In accordance with the provisions of the Hospital Fees Act, the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) publishes the reference value for hospitals, as it is called. It is an important parameter for the partners in the German self-governing healthcare …
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Press release No. N 019 of 24 April 2020 One third of physicians worked over 48 hours per week in 2018
Many of the people in health and nursing care occupations are under exceptional strain in the coronavirus pandemic, many of them working night and day, also on weekends. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that physicians belong to an …
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Press release No. 119 of 2 April 2020 High hospital bed density in Germany compared with other countries
Germany has a high density of intensive care beds in hospitals compared with other countries. As the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports, this is shown by a comparison by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) …
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Press release No. N 011 of 13 March 2020 6 hospital beds per 1,000 inhabitants in 2017
The number of people in Germany who are infected with the new coronavirus is rising. In the case of a severe course of the disease, in-patient medical treatment may become necessary. In 1,942 German hospitals, roughly 497,200 beds were available in …
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Press release No. 387 of 30 September 2019 Reference value for hospital costs amounts to 2.99% in 2019
The reference value for hospital costs for the second half of 2018 and the first half of 2019 is 2.99% as compared with the same period one year earlier (second half of 2017/first half of 2018). The sub-reference value for staff costs is 3.79%, and …
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Press release No. 380 of 27 September 2019 Heart surgery in 2018: number of interventions up 23% on 2008
410,840 surgical operations on the heart were carried out in German hospitals in 2018. To mark the World Heart Day on 29 September 2019, the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that the number of heart operations was 23% higher than 10 …
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Press release No. 163 of 29 April 2019 How long does it take me to get to the nearest hospital?
Just under 90% of the population living in urban regions in Germany can reach the nearest hospital providing basic care within 15 minutes. In rural regions, this is possible for only just over 64% of the population. These accessibility data come from …
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Press release No. 040 of 4 February 2019 Number of women treated for breast cancer in hospitals down 11.9% between 2007 and 2017
In 2017, 129,692 women were treated for breast cancer in hospitals. To coincide with the World Cancer Day on 4 February 2019, the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that the number of women receiving cancer treatment declined by 11.9% …
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Press release No. 435 of 12 November 2018 Hospital costs of in-patient treatment up to 91.3 billion euros in 2017
In 2017, the costs of in-patient treatment in hospitals amounted to roughly 91.3 billion euros. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that this was an increase of 3.9% year on year (87.8 billion euros in 2016).
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Press release No. 382 of 8 October 2018 38% of the persons receiving full in-patient hospital treatment were operated on in 2017
38% (7.1 million) of the 18.9 million in-patients treated in general hospitals were operated on in 2017. Compared with the previous year, the proportion remained unchanged. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that just over half of …
