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 Beds of hospitals per 100 000 inhabitants (No.)
Characteristic Description
Name Beds of hospitals per 100 000 inhabitants (No.) by Geographic localization (NUTS - 2013), Nature of institution and Type of hospitalar care; Annual
Regularity Annual
Source Statistics Portugal, Hospitals survey
First available period 2011
Last available period 2022
Dimensions
  • Data reference period
  • Geographic localization (NUTS - 2013)
  • Nature of institution
  • Type of hospitalar care
Concepts
  • HOSPITAL:  Health establishment that provides curative and rehabilitation health care in inpatient and outpatient services, which may collaborate in the prevention of diseases, teaching and scientific research.
  • BED:  Equipment intended for the stay of an individual in a health care establishment.
  • 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).
Definition The number of hospital beds corresponds to the practiced capacity in the reference year, that is, it results from the arithmetic average of the number of hospital beds counted on the last day of each quarter of the reference year.
Measure unit (symbol) Number (No.)
Power of 10  0
Observations
Last update date 15/05/2024


information presented in 17/7/2024