Acute care hospital beds, obstetric and gynaecological group of specialties

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Data set notes

European Health for All database

Indicators: 565

Updated: 18 October 2024

Contact: Data and Digital Health Unit (DDH)

The following abbreviations are used in the indicator titles:

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• FTE: full-time equivalent

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Indicator notes

Acute care hospital beds, obstetric and gynaecological group of specialties
Indicator code: E992767.T

Includes Obstetric and Gynaecology specialties._

Country/Area notes

Belgium

Source: Federal Public Service of Public Health, Food Chain Safety and Environment, Health Care
Facilities Organisation (DGI).

Cyprus

General public sector only.

Czechia

From the year 2000, data includes all establishments from all sectors (Ministries of Internal
Affairs, of Transport, of Justice and of Education). Cots for neonates are excluded.
Source: Institute of Health Information and Statistics of CR (IHIS CR).

Estonia

See indicator 275205.

Finland

Number of hospital beds is estimated using the Hospital Discharge Register, THL (National Institute
for Health and Welfare).

Germany

Incuded are all beds in acute care hospitals for clinical speciality \gynaecology and obstetric\".
Source: Federal Statistical Office

Hungary

Source: GYOGYINFOK (Health Care Information Center).
Data refer to beds available on 31 December.

Ireland

Source: Health Service Executive. For data up to and including 2005, source is Department of Health
and Children. Up to and including 1996 figures refer to beds, excluding day beds, in publicly funded
acute hospitals where the average length of stay in 18 days or less. From 1997 figures refer to beds
in Health Service Executive network hospitals only. Beds in private hospitals are not included.

Israel

Licensed inpatient beds at end of year. Includes gynaecology and obstetrics.
Source: Department of Health Information, Ministry of Health

Italy

Source: Ministry of Health, Health Information System. Data refer to public and private hospitals
including private hospitals not accredited by the National Health Service (see indicator 992760).

Latvia

Since 2000 the data corresponds to mid-year estimates. Before 2000 - end-of-year estimates.

Lithuania

Source: LHIC annual report data

Montenegro

Beds in Stationary Medical centres are also included.

North Macedonia

Source: Institute for Public Health (IPH).

Poland

Beds in military and police hospitals are not included. Source: Ministry of Health.

Spain

Includes obstetric and gynaecology specialities. Number of available general hospitals plus other
available hospitals with average length of stay of 30 or less days.
Source to 1996: National Statistics Institute and Ministry of Health and Consumer Affairs.
Statistics on Health Establishments Providing Inpatient Care. Source from 1996:Ministry of Health
and Consumer Affairs (www.msc.es/)

Ukraine

Included only beds in public hospitals under Ministry of Health at the end of the year for the
treatment of adults and children.
Source: Centre of Health Statistics, Ministry of Health.