英国のNHSの入院ベッドの長期的傾向,1960年~2020年
Patrick Keown1,2, Ross Alder3, Georgina Wild3
1Translational and Clinical Research Institute, Academic Psychiatry, Wolfson Research Centre, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom.
PloS one
|August 29, 2025
まとめ
イギリスのNHSの入院ベッドは1960年から2020年にかけて78%減少した. 学習障害と精神疾患の患者数は大幅に減少し,2020年までに地域差が明らかになった.
科学分野:
- 医療サービス研究
- 公衆衛生政策
- 医療管理
背景:
- イギリスの国民保健サービス (NHS) は,入院ベッドの提供において,数十年にわたって大きな変革を遂げています.
- 病床容量の長期的傾向を理解することは,医療制度のパフォーマンスと計画を評価する上で極めて重要です.
研究 の 目的:
- 1960年から2020年までのイングランドにおけるNHSの入院ベッドの減少傾向を分析する.
- 急性病,老年病,妊産婦,精神疾患,学習障害の5つの病床の減少を比較する.
- 研究期間の終わりにベッドの提供における地域的変動を評価する.
主な方法:
- 遡及的観察研究設計が採用された.
- 英国の10万人あたりのNHSの入院ベッドの提供データを分析した.
- 2019/20年の年間減少率と地域比較が行われました.
主要な成果:
- NHSの入院ベッドの提供は60年間継続的に減少し,1960年から2020年まで全体的に78.0%減少しました.
- 学習障害 (98.7%) と精神疾患 (90.6%) の病床で最も大幅な減少が見られた.
- 2019/20年には,入院医療の提供が不平等であることを示す,ベッド数における重要な地域格差が明らかでした.
結論:
- 連続したベッド削減がNHSの特徴であり,ベッドの種類と時間との間に顕著な違いがあります.
- これらの傾向は,パンデミックや冬のプレッシャーなどの将来の健康危機を計画する際に慎重に考慮する必要があります.
- 2020年までに,NHSの入院医療,特に学習障害サービスの地域格差が顕著になりました.
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