Hospital Beds (per 10 000 Population)

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× Subscribe here to receive notifications whenever content on this page changes. Subscribe Already subscribed? To unsubscribe click here. × Visualisations Data Metadata Related indicators Map Map Table Table Indicator name: Hospital beds (per 10 000 population) Short name: Hospital beds (per 10 000 population) Topic: Health systems resources Definition: The number of hospital beds available per every 10 000 inhabitants in a population. Method of estimation: Data were compiled from the WHO Regional offices and country sources other (e.g. ministry of health, national statistical office) and modified to standardize the unit of measure of per 10 000 population. Population is from the UN World Population Prospects and hence may differ slightly from official country figures. Expected frequency of data dissemination: 2-3 years Comments: Hospital beds are used to indicate the availability of inpatient services. There is no global norm for the density of hospital beds in relation to total population. IMRID: 97 Links: World Population Prospects - Population Division - United Nations African region African health observatory AMRO PAHO indicators portal  EMR data and statistics  European Health for All Database (WHO Regional Office for Europe) SEARO Health Information Platform (HIP) Western Pacific Health Data Platform Eurostat data browser OECD data explorer Indicator Metadata Registry List If you have any feedback, you are welcome to write it here. If you need to access the old Global Health Observatory data, you can do it here. But before you leave, please provide us your feedback about our new data portal. ×

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