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 Internments (No.) in hospitals
Characteristic Description
Name Internments (No.) in hospitals by Geographic localization (NUTS - 2001); Annual
Regularity Annual
Source Statistics Portugal, Hospitals survey
First available period 1994
Last available period 2012
Dimensions
  • Data reference period
  • Geographic localization (NUTS - 2001)
Concepts
  • REFERENCE PERIOD:  Period to which the information refers and which may be a specific day or a time interval (month, fiscal year, calendar year, among others).
  • HOSPITAL:  Health establishment with both in and out-patient care, and endowed with diagnostic and therapeutical resources, with the purpose of providing the population with healing and rehabilitation medical assistance. It is also qualified for preventing disease, health care teaching and scientific research.
  • TOTAL IN-PATIENT STAYS IN A HEALTH ESTABLISHMENT IN A GIVEN PERIOD:  Number of patients in a health establishment with in-patient care in the first day of the given period, plus the number of patients that entered the same health establishment during the given period.
Measure unit (symbol) Number (No.)
Power of 10  0
Observations Count
Last update date 15/12/2014


information presented in 16/7/2024