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Health system

Hospitals (2016)	283
Beds	38'058
Personnel (in full-time equivalents)	161'945
Hospitalisation rate (for 1000 inhabitants)	121,0
Nursing homes (2016)
Places	97'127
Jobs (in full-time equivalents)	92'484
Accommodation rate among persons aged ≥ 80 years (as at 31.12) (as a %)	16,0
Home care services (2016)
Personnel (in full-time equivalents)	21'261
Rate of recourse to home care among persons aged ≥ 80 years (as a %)	28,1
Doctors in the outpatient sector
Number of doctors1 (2016)	18'473
Medical consultations (at least one) as a % 2 (2012)	78,4
Dentists
Number of dentists3 (2016)	4'217
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 2012
3 Swiss Dental Association (SSO)

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