FIVE-YEAR EXPERIENCE ANALYSIS OF USE OF EMERGENCY DEPARTMENTS' BEDS IN SAINT-PETERSBURG

2012 through 2016 patient capacity in the bed space in hospitals of Saint-Petersburg is increased in number of 40 to 144 or 0,12% to 0,41% in share (among them the rate of hospital beds of short stay units is increased to 47,1%, rate of daily beds is increased to 52,9%). Ratio of number of patients referred from emergency unit to specialized units is reduced by 26,1% to 14,5%. Average annual bed occupancy rate is increased by 435,8 to 167,7. Hospital bed turnover is increased by 64,4 to 201,6. The death rate is reduced by 0,41% to 0. Bed population ratio in Saint-Petersburg (27,3 per 1 million of population) is below the recommended level (111 beds for 1 million of population).