Vol. 2 (11) pp. 13-18

THE HOSPITAL BED SQUEEZE: 42% MORE DISCHARGES WITH 7% FEWER BEDS, 2020-2025

  • Facultyof Medicine, Universidad Nacional de Concepción, Concepcion, Paraguay.
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Abstract

Background: The pandemic changed hospital capacity and inpatient activity in Paraguay. Objective: To describe recorded beds and discharges in the Ministry of Public Health and Social Welfare (MSPBS) network between 2020 and 2025. Methods: We analysed annual aggregate administrative counts and population estimates, calculating endpoint percentage changes and discharges per recorded bed. An illustrative mean-stay scenario assumed 85% occupancy; actual occupancy and length of stay were unavailable. Results: Recorded beds increased from 6,656 in 2020 to 7,573 in 2021 and decreased to 6,192 in 2025 (−7.0% versus 2020). Discharges increased from 203,377 to 288,672 (+41.9%), and discharges per bed from 30.6 to 46.6. The 2025 values were provisional. Service-level changes were affected by possible differences in facility coverage and classification.

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Raul Milciades Desvars Gonzalez (2026); THE HOSPITAL BED SQUEEZE: 42% MORE DISCHARGES WITH 7% FEWER BEDS, 2020-2025, Jana Nexus: Journal of Health and Medicine, 2 (11), 13-18, ISSN 3107-7889.

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Raul Milciades Desvars Gonzalez
Facultyof Medicine, Universidad Nacional de Concepción, Concepcion, Paraguay.
Paraguay

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