In-house Services

2024 2023 2022
Number of beds (group) 2,589 2,599 2,599
Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg 1,999 2,009 2,009
Kreiskrankenhaus Bergstraße 280 280 280
Thoraxklinik 310 310 310
Full-time-In house patients (group, without patients from abroad) 87,441 88,557 85,582
Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg 62,891 64,181 62,123
Kreiskrankenhaus Bergstraße 12,916 13,003 12,468
Thoraxklinik 11,634 11,373 10,991
Case Mix (group, incl. patients staying beyond spec. key date) 110,829 110,943 107,086
Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg 90,084 90,095 86,560
Kreiskrankenhaus Bergstraße 10,638 10,543 10,241
Thoraxklinik 10,107 10,305 10,286
Case Mix Index (group, incl. patients staying beyond spec. key date) 1.296 1.280 1.278
Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg 1.478 1.446 1.435
Kreiskrankenhaus Bergstraße 0.824 0.811 0.821
Thoraxklinik 0.869 0.906 0.936
Full days (group) 614,761 622,114 601,793
Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg 484,262 489,558 470,909
Kreiskrankenhaus Bergstraße 70,647 71,746 70,531
Thoraxklinik 59,852 60,810 60,353
Average length of stay (group) 7.0 7.0 7.0
Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg 7.7 7.6 7.6
Kreiskrankenhaus Bergstraße 5.5 5.5 5.7
Thoraxklinik 5.1 5.3 5.5
Outpatient Services – patients

2024 2023 2022
Outpatients (group) 1 293,648 278,960 280,927
Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg 257,843 245,449 248,000
Kreiskrankenhaus Bergstraße 17,159 15,852 15,264
Thoraxklinik 18,646 17,659 17,663
New outpatients (group) 2 535,935 542,489 505,687
Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg 496,048 505,446 469,530
Kreiskrankenhaus Bergstraße 21,241 19,384 18,494
Thoraxklinik 18,646 17,659 17,663
Outpatient visits (group) 3 1,275,241 1,244,103 1,163,491
Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg 1,205,564 1,178,381 1,099,756
Kreiskrankenhaus Bergstraße 23,076 21,917 21,101
Thoraxklinik 46,601 43,805 42,634
Ambulante Operationen (Konzern) 10,102 10,013 8,853
Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg 7,704 7,724 7,089
Kreiskrankenhaus Bergstraße 2,338 2,208 1,713
Thoraxklinik 60 81 51
1 Definition: Number of all patients per year independent of payors
2 Definition: First admission of the patient in the quarter of specialized department, with regard to four quarters
3 Definition: Number of personal patient contacts p.a.
More outpatient services – UKHD

2024 2023 2022
External diagnostic services 337,165 330,181 340,642
Metabolic Laboratory 12,560 13,276 12,790
Newborn Screening 134,835 133,004 145,701
Analysis Center 112,489 108,434 101,873
Hygiene institute 25,523 25,101 34,591
Institute for Immunology 3,073 2,962 2,673
Institute for Transplantation Immunology 5,238 5,561 4,656
Institute of Pathology 43,447 41,843 38,358
Special Authorizations 14,543 12,592 10,632
Social Pediatric Center 7,732 7,368 6,427
Psychiatric Institute Outpatient Clinic 6,811 5,224 4,205