Healthcare
There were 160 acute care hospitals in Czechia with 49,218 beds in 2023. The average length of stay in acute care beds has decreased from 6,6 days to 5,5 days since 2010. There were 25,478 independent surgeries of physicians in 2023 in Czechia. In total, there were 5,473 indipendent surgeries of general practitioners for adults and 2,120 for children and adolescents. General dentists provided 5,661 independent surgeries.
Acute care hospitals
Publication date: 06. 01. 2025
Year 2023
160
Acute care beds
Publication date: 06. 01. 2025
Year 2023
49,218
Independent surgeries of general practitioners for adults
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Year 2023
5,473
Independent surgeries of general practitioners for children and adolescents
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Year 2023
2,120
Independent surgeries of general dentists
Publication date: 06. 01. 2025
Year 2023
5,661
Independent surgeries of specialist physicians
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Year 2023
10,567
Data and time series
| 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent surgeries of | ||||||||
general practitioners for children and adolescents | 2,620 | 2,553 | 2,466 | 2,408 | 2,317 | 2,268 | 2,304 | 2,120 |
general practitioners for adults | 5,928 | 5,841 | 5,723 | 5,663 | 5,614 | 5,572 | 5,727 | 5,473 |
general gynaecologists | 1,789 | 1,757 | 1,722 | 1,712 | 1,681 | 1,676 | 1,722 | 1,657 |
general dentists | 6,267 | 6,210 | 6,077 | 6,014 | 5,870 | 5,804 | 5,943 | 5,661 |
specialist physicians | 10,633 | 10,618 | 10,524 | 10,530 | 10,550 | 10,640 | 10,977 | 10,567 |
| Other independent outpatient care establishments | ||||||||
psychologists | 514 | 521 | 535 | 538 | 558 | 586 | 613 | 609 |
speech terapists | 539 | 535 | 530 | 543 | 556 | 561 | 590 | 585 |
physiotherapists | 1,430 | 1,495 | 1,555 | 1,663 | 1,762 | 1,938 | 2,113 | 2,194 |
home health care | 695 | 696 | 698 | 726 | 734 | 788 | 852 | 855 |
Source: Institute of Health Information and Statistics of the Czech Republic
Note: including detached workplaces
| 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hospitalised persons | 1,412,112 | 1,394,752 | 1,384,439 | 1,376,806 | 1,200,259 | 1,219,474 | 1,307,558 | 1,301,042 |
| Average age of hospitalised persons | 46.0 | 46.3 | 46.5 | 46.7 | 47.6 | 47.8 | 47.6 | 48.3 |
| Deaths in acute care hospitals | 47,241 | 47,767 | 47,829 | 46,540 | 54,025 | 64,567 | 49,307 | 44,192 |
| Average age of deceased persons | 74.5 | 74.9 | 75.0 | 75.1 | 75.7 | 75.0 | 75.6 | 75.7 |
| Days of treatment (thousand) | 11,362 | 11,058 | 10,856 | 10,701 | 9,367 | 9,548 | 9,960 | 9,996 |
| Average length of stay (days of treatment) | 5.7 | 5.7 | 5.6 | 5.6 | 5.7 | 5.8 | 5.5 | 5.5 |
Source: Institute of Health Information and Statistics of the Czech Republic