The Danish hospital sector faces a significant rebuilding program driven by recent regional reform and guidelines for acute admission hospitals. Within the next 5–10 years, the number of public hospitals offering acute admission will be reduced from 35 to approximately 20 larger hospitals. As...

The determinants for the number of inpatient hospital admissions across Danish municipalities are analysed using balanced panel data from the period 1998-2004. The determinants include socio-demographic variables, home help service, residential homes capacity, proxy variables for morbidity,...