This document summarizes the Danish health care system and framework for investments in hospital infrastructure from 2008 to 2020. It outlines that Denmark has a public health care system financed by taxes with 5 regions and 39 hospitals serving 5.5 million people. It also describes trends toward centralizing specialized services and decentralizing primary care. The document details a 41.4 billion Danish krone investment in new and renovated hospitals to improve patient safety, workflows and resources through centralized planning and knowledge sharing across regions.
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The Danish Healthcare System
1. The Danish health care system and
framework for investments in a new
hospital structure in Denmark: 2008 2020
Advisor Emilie Winther,
Centre for Health technology, Procurement and Regional
Development, Danish Regions
eew@regioner.dk
www.regioner.dk
2. Danish Regions
• Interest organisation
of the 5 regions in
Denmark
• 170 employees
• Established in 2006
• (Association of the
Counties was
established in 1913…
and closed down in
2006)
www.regioner.dk
3. The 5 regions
5,5 mio.
Danes
39
hospitals
104,000
FTE
www.regioner.dk
4. Basic principles in Danish Healthcare
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A public health care system
Free and equal access for all citizens
Freedom of choice
Mainly financed through general taxes
Decentralized organization
General practitioners as gatekeeper
www.regioner.dk
5. Trends
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Reduction in number of hospitals and beds
Centralization and specialization
Fewer hospitals with ED’s
Focus on pre-hospital emergency care
Focus on intermediate care
Hospitals to be renovated + new hospitals
GP’s collaborating in larger clinics
Huge increase in outpatient visits
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6. The historic time for length of stay
1954-2010
Liggetid 1954-2010
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18
16
14
12
10
8
6
4
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0
1950
1960
1970
1980
1990
2000
2010
Kilde: Sygehusvæsenet i dansk politik, Sundhedssektoren i tal diverse
årgange, tal på sundhed 1. april 2011.
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8. The future hospital structure in
Denmark
Centralisation in terms of:
-A reduction in the number of hospitals
-Reduction of hospitals with highly specialised
functions and emergency wards
Decentralisation in terms of:
-Strengthening the pre-hospital capacity
-Strengthening the role of the GP’s (gate keeper)
-Co-operation with local municipalities
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9. New and modernized hospitals
Better planned patient pathways
Patient safety (i.e. single rooms will reduce infections)
Effective workflows through new technology/health innovation
Fewer transports of patients, staff and goods
Rationalization of staff on duty 24 h., laboratory functions, X-ray
Better use of equipment, scanners, labs and apparatus
Merging of administrative units and technical functions
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10. Finance and 16 big hospital
construction projects
• 41.4 billion Danish kroner = 5.5 billion euros
• 60 % from the government and 40 % from the regions
• Expert panel assessed the applications for each project
• 16 construction projects got an intermediary commitment
• 14 out of 16 projects now have the final commitment
• 22 construction projects financed solely by the regions
• The total conversion of the Danish health care system =
dynamic process lasting the next 10-15 years
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11. New and modernized hospitals
Modernization
/ extensions:
9
New builds
/ greenfield:
7
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12. Sharing knowledge and developing
new shared solutions
• Danish Regions launched an ambitious project on
sharing knowledge in hospital building in the end
of 2010
• The purpose is to strengthen that the regions
systematic share knowledge on central elements
in hospital building
• When appropriate the regions join and develop
shared solutions for the building projects
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13. 10 landmarks for sharing knowledge
about hospital building
Joint purchase for hospital building
• Handling medicine
• Production of sterile goods
• Life cycle costs
• Best practice standards for types of rooms
• Virtual hospital
• Joint tools for the building process
• Transport technologies
• Tracing of equipment, apparatus, patients and staff
• Interaction with patients and relatives supported by new
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technology
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14. 8 focus areas for developing the
content in the new hospitals
- Organizational structure with the patients’ needs in the
middle
- New forms of management
- Boundaries and interaction with the other parts of the
health care sector
- Emergency departments and organizing the acute
treatment / care
- Easy and quick access to diagnostics in hospitals
- Workflows in operating rooms
- Workflows in day clinics / outpatient clinics
- Offices and mobile working stations
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15. www.danishhospitalconstruction.com
- Short on the framework and terms for the construction
projects
- Status of the building projects – follow the construction
processes
- Contact persons for each construction projects
- Information about the knowledge sharing project
- Catalogue of interior designs for different hospital rooms
- Expected time for procurements
- Relevant conferences and courses
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16. Thank you for your attention
Questions?
E-mail: eew@regioner.dk
www.regioner.dk