In 2019, Germany had the by far highest number of privately owned (for-profit) hospital beds among European countries with around 203.6 thousand beds. France and Turkey ranked second and third. Malta, Slovenia and Liechtenstein had the lowest number of such hospital beds.
Number of private (for profit) owned hospital beds in selected countries in the European Union (EU) in 2019
Non-expenditure health care data provide information on institutions providing health care in countries, on resources used and on output produced in the framework of health care provision.
Total hospital beds (HP.1) are all hospital beds which are regularly maintained and staffed and immediately available for the care of admitted patients. Total hospital beds are broken down as follows:
- Curative care (acute care) beds;
- Rehabilitative care beds;
- Long-term care beds (excluding psychiatric care beds);
- Other hospital beds.
The data for this statistic was taken from the Eurostat Database with the code HLTH_RS_BDS2.
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Number of private (for profit) owned hospital beds in selected countries in the European Union (EU) in 2019 [Graph], Eurostat, February 9, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1296932/eu-european-union-for-profit-hospital-ownership-of-hospital-beds/
