In-patient, Out-patient and Other Health Care Establishments as of 31.12.2023

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In-patient, Out-patient and Other Health Care Establishments as of 31.12.2023

17.06.2024 11:00:00

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In-patient, Out-patient and Other Health Care Establishments as of 31.12.2023

The number of health establishments for hospital aid at the end of 2023 was 341 with 55 724 beds. The number of hospital beds was 864.5 per 100 000 persons of the total population.

The number of out-patient health establishments was 2 237 with 1 307 beds for short term treatment. The number of other health establishments was 149 with 1 742 beds in them.

On a basic contract in the health establishments in the country were practicing:

29 911 physicians;
7 607 dentists, as 6 583 of them worked in practices that had signed а contract with National Health Insurance Fund;
44 523 health care professionals and other medical specialists, as 28 570 of them are nurses and 3 253 midwives.

The number of physicians per 10 000 persons of the total population at the end of 2023 was 46.4 and the number of dentists per 10 000 persons of the total population was 11.8.

Detailed data can be found on the website of NSI at
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