Hospital Beds By Function Of Healthcare

This dataset provides data on the number of total hospitals beds by function of healthcare and by type of care (ie. somatic or psychiatric care).

Total hospital beds are all hospital (HP.1) beds which are regularly maintained and staffed and immediately available for the care of admitted patients. They are the sum of the following categories:

• Curative care (acute care) beds in hospitals
• Rehabilitative care beds in hospitals
• Long-term care beds in hospitals
• All other beds in hospitals not elsewhere classified

Bed numbers according to these functional categories are also broken down between:

• Somatic care beds in hospitals**
• Psychiatric care beds in hospitals**

Please refer to the Sources and Methods for detailed country-specific information.