醫院手術室之設置所費不貲,其開刀房間數及空間配置應剛好合於業務需要,過多過少或面積過大過小都將造成浪費或管理不經濟。本文蒐集了台灣25家大型醫院之建築藍圖(占全體200床以上醫院之63%),圖面丈量其手術室及各個開刀房間之面積,佐以其他資料,發現樣本醫院開刀房間數與一般病床數之比為一個房間比48.2張病床,開刀房平均面積為41.2平方公尺,延伸面積為174.8平方公尺。開刀房設置比率較美國略低,較日本高出很多。開刀房平均面積高於美、日醫院,延伸面積則較日本為低。經統計分析結果,除開刀房延伸面積一項稍微受醫院規模不同有所影響外,其他方面,即開刀房之間數與一般病床床數比,開刀房平均面積均不受醫院規模、評鑑等級及管轄歸屬影響,推論醫院開刀房/病床比,平均面積及其延伸面積均自成一格,不因醫院特質之不同而變異。
Surgical suite comtruction is the most difficult and costly aspect of hospital construction. Excessive or inadeguate number of operating rooms and space causes waste and management difficulties. This study surveyed the blue prints of the surgical suites of 25 over-200-bed hospitals (63% of its kind in Taiwan, ROC), and found that the operating room/bed ratio of the sample hospitals is 1:48.2. The average size of the rooms is 41.2m^2, and the room to suite space ratio is 1:4.24. Statistically, the room to bed ratio and the average size of the rooms are not influenced by the hospital size, level of accreditation or ownership. The space of the surgical suite in relation to rooms, however, is influenced by the hospital size, not by the level of accreditation or ownership of the hospitals.