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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 (2018)
Places	99 622
Jobs (in full-time equivalents)	96 453
Accommodation rate among persons aged ≥ 80 years (as at 31.12) (as a %)	15,3
Home care services (2018)
Personnel (in full-time equivalents)	23 554
Rate of recourse to home care among persons aged ≥ 80 years (as a %)	28,9
Medical practices and ambulatory centers
Doctors (in full-time equivalents) (2017)	15 527
Non-medical personnel (in full-time equivalents) (2017)	26 254
Medical consultations (at least one) as a % 1 (2017)	81,2
Dentists
Number of dentists2 (2018)	4 337
Dental consultations (at least one) as a % 1 (2012)	62,9

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

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