Table 2.

Key Figures of the University Medical Center for the Year 2002^*

Ambulatory clinical department visits	381,011
Clinical admissions	24.494
One-day therapeutic treatments	15,410
Bed occupancy rate	60%
Beds	953
Staff	8,153
Full-time equivalents	5,548

^*Ambulatory clinical departments are an intrinsic part of the Dutch hospital system and are linked to the equivalent clinical departments. Staff physicians and residents see their patients at both places. In the Dutch system patients need to be referred by their family physician to see a medical specialist. A medical specialist will usually see the patient first in the ambulatory clinic and then decide what further action will be needed, including a clinical admission. Therefore, ambulatory clinical departments process a high number of patients. The number of single-day treatments is significant compared with the number of clinical admissions. The high number of staff is indicative of the high load of training requirements.