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 Medical appointments in external appointments unit (No.) of public hospitals of universal access and hospitals in public-private partnership
Characteristic Description
Name Medical appointments in external appointments unit (No.) of public hospitals of universal access and hospitals in public-private partnership by Geographic localization (NUTS - 2024) and Appointment's medical speciality; Annual
Regularity Quinquennial
Source Statistics Portugal, Hospitals survey
First available period 2022
Last available period 2023
Dimensions
  • Data reference period
  • Geographic localization (NUTS - 2024)
  • Appointment's medical speciality
Concepts
  • MEDICAL APPOINTMENT:  Appointment made by a medical doctor.
  • 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.
  • SPECIALITY APPOINTMENT:  Medical appointment carried out within a speciality or subspeciality of hospital basis that should follow a clinical indication.
  • OUTPATIENT APPOINTMENT UNIT:  Organic-functional unit of a hospital where users are admitted for appointment.
  • 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).
Measure unit (symbol) Number (No.)
Power of 10  0
Observations
Last update date 14/12/2024


information presented in 29/10/2025