Categorisation of Hospital Functions by Average Length of Stay of Patients

1983/84年和1986/87年，苏里南国民健康保险收据的数量增加。1983/84年和1986/87年按住院时间分类的病人人数分别为1，296人和1，458人，“31-90天"分别为505人和630人，91-180天的分别为222和238，181天或以上的分别为226和325，按住院时间分类的平均住院时间（天）分别为11.6和11.7，54.1和54.0，125.4和127.9，308.2和288.4，从病人的平均住院时间来看，应分为急性医院、亚急性医院、中期医院和长期医院四类，即病人住院少于31天、31至90天、91至180天和181天或以上，根据1986/87年的资料计算，急、亚、中、长期医院分别需床位50张、100张、85张、260张，共需床位495张。四类床位的分布比例分别为10.1%、20.2%、17.2%和52.5%。

The numbers of National Health Insurance Receipts in 1983/84 and 1986/87 in S. city, Osaka, were 6,548 and 8,000, and the numbers of patients were 2,249 and 2,651 respectively.The numbers of patients by categories of length of stay in 1983/84 and 1986/87 were 1,296 and 1,458 for 'shorter than 31 days', 505 and 630 for '31-90 days', 222 and 238 for '91-180 days', and 226 and 325 for '181 days or more', respectively.The average length of stay (days) of patients by categories of length of stay in those years were 11.6 and 11.7, 54.1 and 54.0, 125.4 and 127.9, and 308.2 and 288.4, respectively.Seeing from the average length of stay of patients, there should be four categories of hospitals such as acute hospital, subacute one, middle-stay one, and long-stay one, where patients stay shorter than 31 days, between 31 to 90 days, between 91 to 180 days, and 181 days or over, respectively.It is caluculated from the data of 1986/87 that 50 beds are necessary for acute hospital, 100 for subacute, 85 for middly-stay, and 260 for long-stay, and as a total 495 beds are needed. Distribution of beds among those four categories are 10.1%, 20.2%, 17.2%,and 52.5%, respectively.