Healthcare
There were 161 acute care hospitals in Czechia with 49,254 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.
Selected healthcare facilities in Regions in Czechia
Year 2024
| Inpatient facilities | Independent surgeries of | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| acute care hospitals | beds in acute care hospitals | long-term care hospitals | beds in long-term care hospitals | general practitioners for adults | general practitioners for children and adolescents | general dentists | general gynaecologists | specialist physicians | |
| Czechia | 160 | 49,199 | 48 | 3,172 | 4,421 | 1,685 | 5,260 | 1,265 | 8,419 |
Hlavní město Praha | 23 | 8,526 | 7 | 407 | 579 | 205 | 1,011 | 189 | 1,712 |
Středočeský kraj | 22 | 4,096 | 11 | 799 | 503 | 215 | 526 | 126 | 722 |
Jihočeský kraj | 7 | 2,849 | 0 | 0 | 274 | 99 | 303 | 81 | 428 |
Plzeňský kraj | 9 | 2,710 | 2 | 90 | 243 | 89 | 287 | 66 | 469 |
Karlovarský kraj | 4 | 1,042 | 2 | 114 | 111 | 46 | 124 | 43 | 325 |
Ústecký kraj | 12 | 3,902 | 3 | 96 | 298 | 131 | 281 | 112 | 521 |
Liberecký kraj | 9 | 1,891 | 1 | 79 | 188 | 71 | 204 | 47 | 290 |
Královéhradecký kraj | 7 | 2,776 | 6 | 394 | 238 | 94 | 268 | 58 | 387 |
Pardubický kraj | 5 | 1,945 | 1 | 20 | 206 | 85 | 212 | 56 | 383 |
Kraj Vysočina | 8 | 2,349 | 1 | 114 | 224 | 79 | 217 | 60 | 358 |
Jihomoravský kraj | 20 | 6,175 | 7 | 614 | 535 | 193 | 626 | 137 | 984 |
Olomoucký kraj | 7 | 2,940 | 3 | 157 | 282 | 105 | 343 | 69 | 498 |
Zlínský kraj | 8 | 2,202 | 1 | 23 | 264 | 95 | 315 | 70 | 463 |
Moravskoslezský kraj | 19 | 5,796 | 3 | 265 | 476 | 178 | 543 | 151 | 879 |
Note: Number of independent surgeries excludes detached workplaces
Source: Institute of Health Information and Statistics of the Czech Republic