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In continuous decline for years, the number of beds in maternity hospitals fell below the threshold of 15,000 at the end of 2020, distributed in 478 establishments, according to figures published by the statistical service of social ministries, Monday, November 29.
According to data from the DREES, French maternity hospitals had 14,803 beds as of December 31, 2020, against 15,057 a year earlier. The elimination of these 254 beds partly concerns three maternities closed in 2020: the public hospital of Dinan (Côtes-d’Armor) and the private clinics of Albi (Tarn) and Narbonne (Aude).
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The reduction of resources in obstetrics is not a new phenomenon. In 2000, there were more than 20,000 beds in 742 maternities.
The number of beds had even peaked at more than 1,300 in the 1970s. In its last “panorama of health establishments”, the Drees specifies that since that time, the “bed utilization rate” increased from 22 to 49 deliveries per year and the average length of stay decreased from 8 to 4.6 days.
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