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Health system

Hospitals (2017)	281
Beds	38'157
Personnel (in full-time equivalents)	164'964
Hospitalisation rate (for 1000 inhabitants)	119,3
Nursing homes (2017)
Places	99'242
Jobs (in full-time equivalents)	94'457
Accommodation rate among persons aged ≥ 80 years (as at 31.12) (as a %)	15,7
Home care services (2017)
Personnel (in full-time equivalents)	22'660
Rate of recourse to home care among persons aged ≥ 80 years (as a %)	28,1
Doctors in the outpatient sector
Number of doctors1 (2017)	18'858
Medical consultations (at least one) as a % 2 (2017)	81,2
Dentists
Number of dentists3 (2017)	4'361
Dental consultations (at least one) as a % 2 (2012)	62,9

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

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