The total number of available hospital beds in the EU member states today is just above 2.8 million; the proportion of hospital beds used for patients with hip or vertebral fracture will thus rise from 0.88% to 1.97%, unless the total financial resources for health care increase significantly in the future.
Således vil det fremtidige krav om omfordeling af ressourcer og hospitalssenge sandsynligvis kunne opfyldes.