Hospital beds per 1000 inhabitants - 2017

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development has published the time series of number of beds per 1000 inhabitants.

In 2017, Japan had the highest number of hospital beds per 1000 inhabitants with 13.07 followed by South Korea with 12.27 beds.

The indicator Hospital beds is defined by The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development as follows:

“This indicator provides a measure of the resources available for delivering services to inpatients in hospitals in terms of number of beds that are maintained, staffed and immediately available for use. Total hospital beds include curative care beds, rehabilitative care beds, long-term care beds and other beds in hospitals. The indicator is presented as a total and for curative (acute) care and psychiatric care. It is measured in number of beds per 1 000 inhabitants.”

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