Overview
- Inpatient cases rose 2.0% in 2024 to about 17.5 million but remained 9.6% below 2019, or roughly 1.9 million fewer patients.
- Staffing grew faster than patient volumes, with hospital physicians up 2.7% and non‑physician staff up 3.3% to 217,700 and 1,240,900 employees.
- On a full‑time equivalent basis, hospital employment reached 1,014,800 in 2024, the first time above one million since the series began in 1991.
- Germany counted 1,841 hospitals with an average of 472,900 beds, including 26,000 intensive care and 7,700 intermediate care beds, down 0.9% year over year and 4.3% versus 2019.
- The average length of stay declined to 7.1 days, and bed occupancy rose to 72.0% but remained below the 2019 level of 77.2%.