Required hospital capacity in 2025 and criteria for rationalisation of complex cancer surgery, radiotherapy and maternity services
KCE Reports 289C (2017)
As part of her hospital landscape reform plans, the Minister of Public Health asked KCE to calculate how many beds we will need in hospitals in 2025. It seems we already have too much capacity in the current situation and that this will escalate in the years to come. There are too many small maternity wards where only one or two deliveries are performed per day; one-third of these beds will have to be closed by 2025. There is also a need to treat many more patients in day hospitals. The study, however, highlights a deficit of beds for geriatric patients and revalidation, deficits that will further widen if we do not already put in place alternative formulas to hospital care.
How to refer to this report
Van de Voorde Carine, Van den Heede Koen, Beguin Claire, Bouckaert Nicolas, Camberlin Cécile, de Bekker Piet, Defourny Noémie, De Schutter Harlinde, Devos Carl, Gerkens Sophie, Grau Cai, Jeurissen Patrick, Kruse Florien Margareth, Lefèvre Mélanie, Lievens Yolande, Mistiaen Patriek, Vaandering Aude, Van Eycken Elisabeth, van Ginneken Ewout. Required hospital capacity in 2025 and criteria for rationalisation of complex cancer surgery, radiotherapy and maternity services. Health Services Research (HSR). Brussel. Belgian Health Care Knowledge Centre (KCE). 2017. KCE Reports 289. DOI: 10.57598/R289C.
