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Main article: Germany
1,900 hospitals with 490,000 beds
There are about 1,900 hospitals with 490,000 hospital beds in Germany in 2022.
Disease statistics
HIV/AIDS
Depression
2019: Chronic depression affects 11.6% of the population aged 15 + years
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Coronavirus COVID-19
Main article: Coronavirus COVID-19 in Germany
Hygiene
Chronicle
2023: Marijuana legalization
On August 16, 2023, German authorities approved a bill to partially legalize the cultivation and use of marijuana. It is assumed that the initiative will solve a number of existing problems. Read more here.
2020
Investing 3 billion euros in digitalization of hospitals
At the end of September 2020, Minister health care Germany Jens Spahn announced that the state would invest 3 billion euros in modern emergency aid, digitalization and the creation of an IT security system for hospitals.
Funding for hospital system modernization projects will be provided by the Hospital Future Fund (KHZF) from the Health Fund Reserve. These funds will provide 70% of projects, and another 30% will be funded by federal lands/hospital operators, which will be able to attract another 1.3 billion euros.
Even though the German healthcare market is the second largest after the United States, Germany lags behind in digitization. The COVID-19 pandemic once again emphasized the importance of digital health care and the need to modernize the country's hospital system. Spahn has been openly supporting the digital transformation of healthcare since he took office in March 2018, promoting the use of medical apps and online consultations.
Hospital digitalization projects are presented in the Hospital Future Act, which was adopted by the Bundestag on September 18, 2020 and is expected to enter into force in October. Among other things, the projects present an electronic documentation system on care and treatment services, digital drug dispensing management, IT security measures and intersectoral telemedicine network structures. The funding can also be used to implement or improve telemedicine, robotics and high-tech medicine services.
Hospital operators will be able to start implementing projects from September and apply for funding by December 31, 2021. The digitalization status of hospitals will be assessed in June 2021 and 2023.[1]
Duration of guaranteed paid sick leave 6 months or more
2019
Health Care Cost Dynamics
High proportion of doctors over 55 years of age
Ambulance workers in Germany connected to telemedicine, and they became better at saving lives
At the end of May 2019, the experimental stage of the implementation of the telemedicine ambulance system, deployed in 2014 in the city of Aachen on the western border of Germany, was successfully completed. Telemedicine support for rescuers has improved services and reduced risks, and therefore will soon become a national program. Read more here.
2018:26% of women smoke tobacco
19th century
Maternity leave
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