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Health Systems Profile- Kuwait Regional Health Systems Observatory- EMRO
Table 8-2 Inpatient use and performance
1990 1995 2000 2003 2004
Hospital Beds/1,000 - 2.6 2.2 2.1 2
Admissions/1000 - 9.9 8.1 7.1 8.1
Average LOS (days) - 5.4 5.3 5.3 -
Occupancy Rate (%) - 67.6 67.2 65.5 -
Public/private distribution of hospital beds
The government sector provides 90% of the available beds (4575) in 15 hospitals
whereas the private sector is limited to 559 beds in 7 hospitals.
Key issues and concerns in Secondary/Tertiary care
Rehabilitation of general and specialized hospitals is taking place.
New departments were introduced for medical causality (emergency)
A computer program is under application for connection with the primary health care
centers and other utilities in the Ministry.
Programs are under the application for developing performance and health quality
control in hospitals.
Reforms introduced over last 10 years, and effects
Refer to previous item
Planned reforms
Refer to previous item
8.6 Long-Term Care
8.7 Pharmaceuticals
Percentage of purchase from the local & regional (gulf area) companies to the total
purchase price of medicines 9.3% while the percentage of purchase from foreign
companies to the total purchase price of medicine will be 90.7%
8.8 Technology
Trends in supply, distribution of essential equipment
The needs of the utilities of the MOH for medical equipments are being provided via the
purchasing system and maintenance contracts with the agent companies
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