W German Hospital Costs' First-Ever Fall

28 July 1997

Hospital costs in the western German states fell 0.7% to 64.5 billionDeutschemarks ($35.9 billion) in 1996, the first decline registered in the history of the Federal Republic.

Konrad Regler, chairman of the Bavarian Hospitals Association, said the number of patients nationwide rose 7.8% last year to 15 million, while the average length of stay fell 8.3% to less than 11 days.

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