Australia | Hospital beds (per 1,000 people)
Hospital beds include inpatient beds available in public, private, general, and specialized hospitals and rehabilitation centers. In most cases beds for both acute and chronic care are included. Limitations and exceptions: Depending on the source and means of monitoring, data may not be exactly comparable across countries. For more information, see the original source. Statistical concept and methodology: Health systems - the combined arrangements of institutions and actions whose primary purpose is to promote, restore, or maintain health (World Health Organization, World Health Report 2000) - are increasingly being recognized as key to combating disease and improving the health status of populations. The World Bank's Healthy Development: Strategy for Health, Nutrition, and Population Results emphasizes the need to strengthen health systems, which are weak in many countries, in order to increase the effectiveness of programs aimed at reducing specific diseases and further reduce morbidity and mortality. To evaluate health systems, the World Health Organization (WHO) has recommended that key components - such as financing, service delivery, workforce, governance, and information - be monitored using several key indicators. The data are a subset of the key indicators. Monitoring health systems allows the effectiveness, efficiency, and equity of different health system models to be compared. Health system data also help identify weaknesses and strengths and areas that need investment, such as additional health facilities, better health information systems, or better trained human resources. Availability and use of health services, such as hospital beds per 1,000 people, reflect both demand- and supply-side factors. In the absence of a consistent definition this is a crude indicator of the extent of physical, financial, and other barriers to health care.
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Commonwealth of Australia
Records
63
Source
Australia | Hospital beds (per 1,000 people)
1960 11.19999981
1961 11.30000019
1962 11.39999962
1963 11.69999981
1964 11.80000019
1965 11.89999962
1966 11.80000019
1967 11.80000019
1968 11.80000019
1969 11.69999981
1970 11.69999981
1971 11.60000038
1972 11.80000019
1973 11.80000019
1974 12
1975 11.89999962
1976 11.89999962
1977 12.10000038
1978 12.10000038
1979 12.19999981
1980 12.30000019
1981 12.19999981
1982 12.10000038
1983 11.89999962
1984 11.69999981
1985 10.89999962
1986
1987 10.5
1988
1989 9.80000019
1990
1991 9.19999981
1992 8.89999962
1993 8.89999962
1994 8.69999981
1995 8.69999981
1996 8.5
1997 8.30000019
1998 8.19999981
1999 7.9000001
2000 4.04
2001 3.95
2002 3.93
2003 3.97
2004 4
2005 3.9
2006 3.93
2007
2008 3.82
2009 3.77
2010 3.78
2011 3.79
2012 3.75
2013 3.74
2014 3.79
2015 3.82
2016 3.84
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
Australia | Hospital beds (per 1,000 people)
Hospital beds include inpatient beds available in public, private, general, and specialized hospitals and rehabilitation centers. In most cases beds for both acute and chronic care are included. Limitations and exceptions: Depending on the source and means of monitoring, data may not be exactly comparable across countries. For more information, see the original source. Statistical concept and methodology: Health systems - the combined arrangements of institutions and actions whose primary purpose is to promote, restore, or maintain health (World Health Organization, World Health Report 2000) - are increasingly being recognized as key to combating disease and improving the health status of populations. The World Bank's Healthy Development: Strategy for Health, Nutrition, and Population Results emphasizes the need to strengthen health systems, which are weak in many countries, in order to increase the effectiveness of programs aimed at reducing specific diseases and further reduce morbidity and mortality. To evaluate health systems, the World Health Organization (WHO) has recommended that key components - such as financing, service delivery, workforce, governance, and information - be monitored using several key indicators. The data are a subset of the key indicators. Monitoring health systems allows the effectiveness, efficiency, and equity of different health system models to be compared. Health system data also help identify weaknesses and strengths and areas that need investment, such as additional health facilities, better health information systems, or better trained human resources. Availability and use of health services, such as hospital beds per 1,000 people, reflect both demand- and supply-side factors. In the absence of a consistent definition this is a crude indicator of the extent of physical, financial, and other barriers to health care.
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Commonwealth of Australia
Records
63
Source