In-house Services

2025 2024 2023
Number of beds (group) 2,638 2,589 2,599
Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg 2,048 1,999 2,009
Kreiskrankenhaus Bergstraße 280 280 280
Thoraxklinik 310 310 310
Full-time-In house patients (group, without patients from abroad) 91,251 87,441 88,557
Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg 65,747 62,891 64,181
Kreiskrankenhaus Bergstraße 13,676 12,916 13,003
Thoraxklinik 11,828 11,634 11,373
Case Mix (group, incl. patients staying beyond spec. key date) 114,682 110,829 110,943
Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg 93,237 90,084 90,095
Kreiskrankenhaus Bergstraße 10,888 10,638 10,543
Thoraxklinik 10,557 10,107 10,305
Case Mix Index (group, incl. patients staying beyond spec. key date) 1.284 1.296 1.280
Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg 1.461 1.478 1.446
Kreiskrankenhaus Bergstraße 0.796 0.824 0.811
Thoraxklinik 0.893 0.869 0.906
Full days (group) 645,774 614,761 622,114
Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg 516,122 484,262 489,558
Kreiskrankenhaus Bergstraße 69,348 70,647 71,746
Thoraxklinik 60,304 59,852 60,810
Average length of stay (group) 7.1 7.0 7.0
Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg 7.9 7.7 7.6
Kreiskrankenhaus Bergstraße 5.1 5.5 5.5
Thoraxklinik 5.1 5.1 5.3
Outpatient Services – patients

2025 2024 2023
Outpatients (group) 1 286,145 293,648 278,960
Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg 249,118 257,843 245,449
Kreiskrankenhaus Bergstraße 17,592 17,159 15,852
Thoraxklinik 19,435 18,646 17,659
New outpatients (group) 2 500,595 535,935 542,489
Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg 459,170 496,048 505,446
Kreiskrankenhaus Bergstraße 21,990 21,241 19,384
Thoraxklinik 19,435 18,646 17,659
Outpatient visits (group) 3 1,075,714 1,275,241 1,244,103
Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg 1,003,751 1,205,564 1,178,381
Kreiskrankenhaus Bergstraße 23,750 23,076 21,917
Thoraxklinik 48,213 46,601 43,805
Ambulante Operationen (Konzern) 11,366 10,102 10,013
Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg 8,976 7,704 7,724
Kreiskrankenhaus Bergstraße 2,330 2,338 2,208
Thoraxklinik 60 60 81
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

2025 2024 2023
External diagnostic services 340,700 337,165 330,181
Metabolic Laboratory 12,493 12,560 13,276
Newborn Screening 134,755 134,835 133,004
Analysis Center 115,099 112,489 108,434
Hygiene institute 25,061 25,523 25,101
Institute for Immunology 3,038 3,073 2,962
Institute for Transplantation Immunology 5,209 5,238 5,561
Institute of Pathology 45,045 43,447 41,843
Special Authorizations 16,252 14,543 12,592
Social Pediatric Center 7,682 7,732 7,368
Psychiatric Institute Outpatient Clinic 8,570 6,811 5,224