title: [Hallway patients in hospital departments of internal medicine in 1998 and 1999].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Patient beds in corridors because of limited room capacity is a well-known phenomenon in many Norwegian hospitals.
  
  
  METHODS
  Questionnaires were sent to all departments of internal medicine in Norway (n = 62) in 1998 and in 1999.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Nearly 50 of 60 departments had to use patient beds in corridors regularly. There was no change in the number of such beds from 1998 to 1999.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The use of patient beds in corridors of departments of internal medicine in Norwegian hospitals in extensive.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Skretting
authors.forename: B I
authors.initials: BI
authors.lastname: Larsen
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Farstad
mesh_terms: D001509:Bed Occupancy / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006742:Hospital Bed Capacity / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006748:Hospital Departments / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D007388:Internal Medicine; D009664:Norway; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires