Health system

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Health system

Hospitals (2021)

276

Beds

37 845

Personnel (in full-time equivalents)

177 882

 Hospitalisation rate (for 1000 inhabitants)

114.9

Nursing homes (2021)

 

Places

100 555

Jobs (in full-time equivalents)

100 361

Accommodation rate among persons aged ≥ 80 years (as at 31.12) (as a %)

13.7

Home care services (2021)

 

Personnel (in full-time equivalents)

27 134

Rate of recourse to home care among persons aged ≥ 80 years (as a %)

31.1

Medical practices and ambulatory centres

 

Doctors (in full-time equivalents) (2020)

18’016

Non-medical personnel (in full-time equivalents) (2020)

27’901

Medical consultations (at least one) as a % 1 (2017)

81.2

Dentists  

Number of dentists2 (2018)

4337

Dental consultations (at least one) as a % 1 (2017)

59.6

1 Population aged 15 or over living in a private household, Swiss Health Survey
2 Swiss Dental Association (SSO)

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