The UK had 2.8 hospital beds per 1,000 people in 2013 compared to:8.3 in Germany
6.3 in France
3.1 in Denmark
3.0 in Spain
2.8 in New Zealand.
Average length of stay for all causes in the UK was 7.0 days in 2013.
This compares to 17.2 in Japan
9.1 in Germany
7.7 in Italy
7.6 in New Zealand
6.6 in Spain and 5.6 in France.
Cost effective - yes thats a fact but just how much give is there left in the NHS organisational knicker elastic? wp.me/p5H5EW-1mF