欧洲财务危机导致卫生服务提供减少

• 作 者: 张小娟 朱坤
• 出 处: 中国卫生政策研究
• 发表日期: 2011年09期
• 关键词: 卫生服务 医院床位 急诊病人 等待时间 空缺 一线岗位 卫生保健 供方 病人数量 卫生系统

1爱尔兰卫生预算锐减爱尔兰发生财务危机后,2012年公共服务预算至少要缩减35亿欧元,其中卫生服务预算要缩减多达10亿欧元。公共部门被迫缩减医院床位并停止一线岗位的招聘。暂停招聘后,1000多个岗位出现空缺。卫生服务提供减少导致病人等待时间延长,急诊人数增加,急诊病人比去年同期增加了20%。

1 Irish health budget plummeted After the financial crisis in Ireland, public service budgets will have to be cut by at least 3.5 billion euros in 2012, of which health-care budgets should be cut by as much as 1 billion euros. The public sector was forced to downsize its hospital beds and stop hiring for first-line jobs. After the suspension of recruitment, there are more than 1,000 vacancies. Decreased health-care delivery led to longer patient waiting times and increased emergency attendance, with emergency patients increasing by 20% over the same period of last year.