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REFERENCE PERIOD: &nbsp; Period to which the information refers and which may be a specific day or a time interval (month, fiscal year, calendar year, among others).
BED: &nbsp; Equipment intended for the stay of an individual in a health care establishment.
HOSPITAL: &nbsp; 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.

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Beds (No.) of hospitals

Characteristic	Description
Name	Beds (No.) of hospitals by Geographic localization (NUTS - 2024) and Modality; Annual
Regularity	Quinquennial
Source	Statistics Portugal, Hospitals survey
First available period	2022
Last available period	2022
Dimensions	Data reference period Geographic localization (NUTS - 2024) Modality
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). BED: Equipment intended for the stay of an individual in a health care establishment. 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.
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	Count
Last update date	05/04/2024