East Asia & Pacific | 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.
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The World Bank
Origin
East Asia & Pacific
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63
Source
East Asia & Pacific | Hospital beds (per 1,000 people)
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1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970 2.5504341
1971
1972
1973
1974
1975 1.91577664
1976 2.12780208
1977
1978
1979
1980 3.32616015
1981 2.43824248
1982 2.38248109
1983 2.41146744
1984 2.45465443
1985 3.28489347
1986 2.39663266
1987
1988
1989 2.48577486
1990 2.34085099
1991 2.4209031
1992 2.4287046
1993 3.43677973
1994 3.52703445
1995 3.80175546
1996 3.80371543
1997 3.70828782
1998 3.38925727
1999 3.70020166
2000 2.82112782
2001 2.7536653
2002 2.56498892
2003 2.94615037
2004 2.96935723
2005 2.9433544
2006 2.90238642
2007 3.04155474
2008 3.16429203
2009 2.95382575
2010 3.14258037
2011 3.21360589
2012 3.49816098
2013 3.68373186
2014 3.85270518
2015 4.18569607
2016 4.2629899
2017 4.51542224
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
East Asia & Pacific | 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
East Asia & Pacific
Records
63
Source