The aim of the study is to find out what kind of daily living environment for inpatients should be provided in hospitals by clarifying the relationship between therapeutic / healing environment and inpatients' days. The analysis focused on the differences in inpatients' behaviors during ordinary and free time in different physical settings. The questionnaire and interview surveys had been carried out in each medical/surgical ward in three hospitals. The four major findings are shown below: 1. The behaviors are proved to be influenced by physical environment, especially in the case during free time. 2. The difference in physical environment around beds located in window side and corridor side is found out less in the case of new type "territolialized" 4-beds rooms than traditional type. 3. Although it is found that the inpatients carried out more various activities and stayed longer in their own bedrooms in the case of the new type than the traditional type, the Quantification Theory 1 revealed that the decreasing tendency had been observed in the case of the new type, while increasing tendency in the case of single bed rooms and the traditional 4-beds rooms, stemming from the fact that there are less provision of the space for inpatients outside their own bedrooms in the wards in the case of the new type. 4. It is observed that the inpatients stay longer during free time at the multifunctional day-spaces, especially the spaces are located along the way to the dining room.
