title: [Nursing care cases and acute-care hospital beds: results of a one-day census].
abstract: For the purposes of an analysis of the hospital capacities of the canton of Basel-Stadt, a one-day census was conducted on April 20, 1983. On that day, the physicians in charge identified every fifth patient out of 2920 hospitalized patients as misplaced. "Misplaced" means that, from a medical point of view, mostly elderly patients could be treated and cared for as well (and cheaper) in other institutions (e.g., nursing homes) or in community settings if adequate home care services were available.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand / Q000639:trends*; D006302:Health Services Research / Q000639:trends*; D006299:Health Services for the Aged / Q000639:trends*; D006742:Hospital Bed Capacity; D006760:Hospitalization / Q000639:trends; D006801:Humans; D009735:Nursing Homes / Q000639:trends; D012017:Referral and Consultation / Q000639:trends; D013557:Switzerland
vernacular_title: Pflegefälle und Akutbetten: Ergebnisse eines Tageszensus.