Number of hospital beds in Italy 2021, by discipline
In 2021, the Italian healthcare system counted a total of approximately 185.7 thousand hospital beds. The discipline boasting the highest number of beds was general medicine (40.6 thousand), followed by recovery and rehabilitation (23.1 thousand), and general surgery (20.3 thousand). Hospital beds dedicated to intensive care were approximately 8.7 thousand. This figure shows the number of hospital beds in Italy in 2021, by discipline.