Regional Strategic Planning of Care in Flanders based on population needs

Introduction: The acute health care sector in Belgium is well developed. Compared to the EU-15, Belgium is ranked (OECD, 2015) 4th for its number of hospital beds (6,3 beds/1000 inhabitants), 2nd for its number of doctor consultations (7,4 consultations per capita). Flanders is one of the regions in Belgium with a population of over 6,5 million inhabitants (2017, VRIND). There are 54 General Hospitals active, spread over 105 hospital campuses, with a total of 29.577 hospital beds. There is an excess in capacity and fragmentation of expertise. Description of policy context and objective: In 201... Mehr ...