Healthcare
There were 160 acute care hospitals in Czechia with 49,199 beds in 2024. The average length of stay in acute care beds has decreased from 6,6 days to 5,5 days since 2010. There were 25,267 independent surgeries of physicians in 2024 in Czechia. In total, there were 5,378 independent surgeries of general practitioners for adults and 2,027 for children and adolescents. General dentists provided 5,593 independent surgeries.
Acute care hospitals
Publication date: 16. 10. 2025
Year 2024
160
Acute care beds
Publication date: 16. 10. 2025
Year 2024
49,199
Independent surgeries of general practitioners for adults
Publication date: 16. 10. 2025
Year 2024
5,378
Independent surgeries of general practitioners for children and adolescents
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Year 2024
2,027
Independent surgeries of general dentists
Publication date: 16. 10. 2025
Year 2024
5,593
Independent surgeries of specialist physicians
Publication date: 16. 10. 2025
Year 2024
10,630
Data and time series
| 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent surgeries of | ||||||||
general practitioners for children and adolescents | 2,553 | 2,466 | 2,408 | 2,317 | 2,268 | 2,304 | 2,120 | 2,027 |
general practitioners for adults | 5,841 | 5,723 | 5,663 | 5,614 | 5,572 | 5,727 | 5,473 | 5,378 |
general gynaecologists | 1,757 | 1,722 | 1,712 | 1,681 | 1,676 | 1,722 | 1,657 | 1,639 |
general dentists | 6,210 | 6,077 | 6,014 | 5,870 | 5,804 | 5,943 | 5,661 | 5,593 |
specialist physicians | 10,618 | 10,524 | 10,530 | 10,550 | 10,640 | 10,977 | 10,567 | 10,630 |
| Other independent outpatient care establishments | ||||||||
psychologists | 521 | 535 | 538 | 558 | 586 | 613 | 609 | 665 |
speech terapists | 535 | 530 | 543 | 556 | 561 | 590 | 585 | 615 |
physiotherapists | 1,495 | 1,555 | 1,663 | 1,762 | 1,938 | 2,113 | 2,194 | 2,469 |
home health care | 696 | 698 | 726 | 734 | 788 | 852 | 855 | 892 |
Source: Institute of Health Information and Statistics of the Czech Republic
Note: including detached workplaces
| 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hospitalised persons | 1,394,752 | 1,384,439 | 1,376,806 | 1,200,259 | 1,219,474 | 1,307,562 | 1,301,110 | 1,296,397 |
| Average age of hospitalised persons | 46.3 | 46.5 | 46.7 | 47.6 | 47.8 | 47.7 | 48.3 | 48.8 |
| Deaths in acute care hospitals | 47,767 | 47,829 | 46,540 | 54,025 | 64,567 | 49,307 | 44,228 | 42,959 |
| Average age of deceased persons | 74.9 | 75.0 | 75.1 | 75.7 | 75.0 | 75.7 | 75.6 | 75.8 |
| Days of treatment (thousand) | 11,058 | 10,856 | 10,701 | 9,367 | 9,548 | 9,960 | 10,001 | 9,955 |
| Average length of stay (days of treatment) | 5.7 | 5.6 | 5.6 | 5.7 | 5.8 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 5.5 |
Source: Institute of Health Information and Statistics of the Czech Republic