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 Attendances at emergency services (No.) in hospitals
Characteristic Description
Name Attendances at emergency services (No.) in hospitals by Geographic localization (NUTS - 2002); Annual
Regularity Annual
Source Statistics Portugal, Hospitals survey
First available period 2002
Last available period 2013
Dimensions
  • Data reference period
  • Geographic localization (NUTS - 2002)
Concepts
  • ATTENDANCE AT THE EMERGENCY:  Act of assistance provided in a health establishment, health centers or hospitals, in their own facilities, to an individual with a sudden change or worsening of their state of health.
  • 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.
Measure unit (symbol) Number (No.)
Power of 10  0
Observations
Last update date 10/07/2015


information presented in 17/7/2024