Healthcare
There were 161 acute care hospitals in Czechia with 49,293 beds in 2022. The average length of stay in acute care beds has decreased from 6,6 days to 5,5 days since 2010. There were 26,673 independent surgeries of physicians in 2022 in Czechia. In total, there were 5,727 indipendent surgeries of general practitioners for adults and 2,304 for children and adolescents. General dentists provided 5,943 independent surgeries.
Acute care hospitals
Publication date: 27. 11. 2023
Year 2022
161
Acute care beds
Publication date: 27. 11. 2023
Year 2022
49,293
including detached workplaces
including detached workplaces
including detached workplaces
including detached workplaces
Data and time series
| 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent surgeries of | ||||||||
general practitioners for children and adolescents | 2,697 | 2,620 | 2,553 | 2,466 | 2,408 | 2,317 | 2,268 | 2,304 |
general practitioners for adults | 5,996 | 5,928 | 5,841 | 5,723 | 5,663 | 5,614 | 5,572 | 5,727 |
general gynaecologists | 1,799 | 1,789 | 1,757 | 1,722 | 1,712 | 1,681 | 1,676 | 1,722 |
general dentists | 6,310 | 6,267 | 6,210 | 6,077 | 6,014 | 5,870 | 5,804 | 5,943 |
specialist physicians | 10,601 | 10,633 | 10,618 | 10,524 | 10,530 | 10,550 | 10,640 | 10,977 |
| Other independent outpatient care establishments | ||||||||
psychologists | 517 | 514 | 521 | 535 | 538 | 558 | 586 | 613 |
speech terapists | 527 | 539 | 535 | 530 | 543 | 556 | 561 | 590 |
physiotherapists | 1,370 | 1,430 | 1,495 | 1,555 | 1,663 | 1,762 | 1,938 | 2,113 |
home health care | 663 | 695 | 696 | 698 | 726 | 734 | 788 | 852 |
Source: Institute of Health Information and Statistics of the Czech Republic
Note: including detached workplaces
| 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hospitalised persons | 1,417,150 | 1,412,112 | 1,394,752 | 1,384,439 | 1,376,806 | 1,200,258 | 1,219,452 | 1,307,370 |
| Average age of hospitalised persons | 45.9 | 46.0 | 46.3 | 46.5 | 46.7 | 47.6 | 47.8 | 47.6 |
| Deaths in acute care hospitals | 49,133 | 47,241 | 47,767 | 47,829 | 46,540 | 54,025 | 64,565 | 49,262 |
| Average age of deceased persons | 74.6 | 74.5 | 74.9 | 75.0 | 75.1 | 75.7 | 75.0 | 75.7 |
| Days of treatment (thousand) | 11,570 | 11,362 | 11,058 | 10,856 | 10,701 | 9,367 | 9,548 | 9,956 |
| Average length of stay (days of treatment) | 5.8 | 5.7 | 5.7 | 5.6 | 5.6 | 5.7 | 5.8 | 5.5 |
Source: Institute of Health Information and Statistics of the Czech Republic