Impact of shortened length of stay for delivery on the required bed capacity in maternity services: results from forecast analysis on administrative data

Table 1 Baseline forecast results for inpatient stays and days

	2014	2020	2025	Abs. difference 2014–2025	Rel. difference 2014–2025
Total inpatient stays	1,851,612	1,958,563	2,072,756	221,144	11.9%
Total stays in maternity beds	147,547	150,871	153,267	5720	3.88%
APR-DRG 540	26,144	28,400	30,130	3986	15.2%
APR-DRG 541	346	337	323	−23	−6.6%
APR-DRG 542	272	260	249	−23	−8.5%
APR-DRG 560	95,801	96,687	97,268	1467	1.5%
Other APR-DRGs	24,984	25,187	25,297	313	1.3%
Total inpatient days	12,906,895	12,446,613	12,268,831	− 638,064	−4.9%
Total days in maternity beds	650,302	591,060	539,958	− 110,344	−17.0
APR-DRG 540	158,551	148,570	138,679	−19,872	− 12.5%
APR-DRG 541	1793	1532	1339	− 454	−25.3%
APR-DRG 542	1438	1235	1087	− 351	− 24.4%
APR-DRG 560	391,268	350,357	316,330	− 74,938	− 19.2%
Other APR-DRGs	97,252	89,366	82,523	− 14,729	−15.1
Maternity beds	2545	2313	2113	− 432	−17.0%

APR-DRG 540 ‘Caesarean Delivery’, APR-DRG 541 ‘Vaginal Delivery with Sterilization and/or Dilatation and Curettage’, APR-DRG 542 ‘Vaginal Delivery with Complicating Procedure except Sterilization and/or Dilatation and Curettage’, APR-DRG 560 ‘Vaginal Delivery’

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