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. 2018 May 31;15(6):1133. doi: 10.3390/ijerph15061133

Table 2.

The main type of care (MTC) units and capacity per 100,000 adults in residential care, day care, and outpatient service branches of the Description and Evaluation of Services and Directories in Europe for Long Term (DESDE-LTC) code tree.

Main Type of Care DESDE-
LTC Code
MTC Units/100,000 Adults
(Absolute Numbers in Brackets)
Beds/Places/Users /100,000 Adults
(Absolute Numbers in Brackets)
Helsinki and Uusimaa Girona Helsinki and Uusimaa Girona
Residential care
Hospital, acute care R1–3 1.64
(20)
0.17
(1)
23.74
(290 beds)
7.01
(42 beds)
Hospital, non-acute R4, R6 3.27
(40)
0.33
(2)
51.82
(633 beds)
15.35
(92 beds)
Non-hospital R5, R7 0.33
(4)
0 3.77
(46 beds)
0
Non-physician cover, 24 h support R8, R11 3.36
(41)
0.17
(1)
100.28
(1225 ** beds)
9.68
(58 beds)
Non-physician cover, non-24 h support R9–10, R12–13, R14 2.29
(28)
1.67
(10)
46.74
(571 beds)
12.01
(72 beds)
Total residential care R 10.89
(133)
2.34
(14)
226.34
(2765 beds)
44.04
(264 beds)
Day care
Acute day care D1 0.65
(8)
0.17
(1)
9.50
(116 places)
4.2
(25 places)
Work-related day care D2–3, D6–7 1.56
(19)
1.33
(8)
13.02
(159 *)
32.5
(195 ** places)
Health-related day care D4.1, D8.1 1.15
(14)
0.50
(3)
19.40
(237 *)
12.5
(75 places)
Structured and non-structured day care D4.2–D4.4, D5 0.33
(4)
0.83
(5)
5.57
(68)
27.5
(165 places)
Total day care D 3.44
(42)
2.84
(17)
47.48
(580 * places)
76.73
(460 ** places)
Outpatient care
Acute mobile care O1–2 0.08
(1)
0 11.73
(143 users a month)
0
Acute care O3–4 1.06
(13)
0.17
(1)
75.67
(924 users a month)
57.38
(344 users a month)
Non-acute, mobile care O5–7 1.15
(14)
0.17
(1)
19.87
(243 users a month)
2.50
(15 users a month)
Non-acute O8–10 5.08
(62)
1.17
(7)
220.51
(2694 ** users a month)
244.55
(1466 *** users a month)
Total outpatient care O 7.37
(90)
1.50
(9)
327.78
(4004 ** users a month)
304.43
(1825 users a month)
MTCs total 21.69
(265)
6.67
(40)
273.82
(3345 * beds + places)
120.77
(724 ** beds + places)

* Some MTCs do not have a limited number of places. ** Places/users are not available for some MTCs.