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V. The Hospital Viewpoint

V. The Hospital Viewpoint Planning is on the basis of one bed for each 1,000 of population, with weighting of the figure upwards in areas where the percentage of people over 65 years of age is above the average for the province. At the commencement of the hospital care insurance plan, the most acute shortage of hospital facilities existed in the field of chronic care. Much of this shortage has been alleviated by construction of additional chronic care beds and the approval, on a temporary basis, of a considerable number of selected nursing homes, capable of providing chronic care. Present trends are toward the development of chronic care wings or units in general hospitals. Convalescent Care Beds No final estimate has been reached on the need for convalescent care beds. When convalescent care is equated to physical rehabilitation of the handicapped, the estimated need is considered to be somewhere between 0.25 and 0.50 bed per 1,000 of population. Present planning is on the basis of the figure of 0.25 bed. There is a conviction that the truly convalescent patient should be kept in the general hospital environment and planning is directed toward the development of convalescent care hospitals in connection with the http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png American Journal of Public Health American Public Health Association

V. The Hospital Viewpoint

S. W. Martin
American Journal of Public Health , Volume 52 (8) – Aug 1, 1962
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Planning is on the basis of one bed for each 1,000 of population, with weighting of the figure upwards in areas where the percentage of people over 65 years of age is above the average for the province. At the commencement of the hospital care insurance plan, the most acute shortage of hospital facilities existed in the field of chronic care. Much of this shortage has been alleviated by construction of additional chronic care beds and the approval, on a temporary basis, of a considerable number of selected nursing homes, capable of providing chronic care. Present trends are toward the development of chronic care wings or units in general hospitals. Convalescent Care Beds No final estimate has been reached on the need for convalescent care beds. When convalescent care is equated to physical rehabilitation of the handicapped, the estimated need is considered to be somewhere between 0.25 and 0.50 bed per 1,000 of population. Present planning is on the basis of the figure of 0.25 bed. There is a conviction that the truly convalescent patient should be kept in the general hospital environment and planning is directed toward the development of convalescent care hospitals in connection with the

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American Journal of Public Health – American Public Health Association

Published: Aug 1, 1962

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