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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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