[Experience of the moving day of a general hospital and effect on clinical activity].

Objectives: To describe the moving day of a general hospital and to analyze the impact on clinical activity in the first few months after the move.

Methods: We describe the process of patient transfer and analyze the impact on activity of moving a regional general hospital in Catalonia (Spain) to a new building. Activity was compared in two periods: the first 3 months after the move (period 2) and the same 3 months in the previous year (period 1).