Hospital Beds Per 1,000 Population, 2021: 2.52
Doctors Consultations (In All Settings), Number Per Capita, 2021: 3.8
Hospital Average Length of Stay (All Causes), 2016: 5.4
Computed Tomography Scanners Per Million Population, 2021: 43.66
Mammographs Per Million Population, 2021: 15.92

Source: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. OECD.Stat. Last accessed Nov. 21, 2022.

“Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, Denmark had 2.6 hospital beds per 1,000 population, and the average length of hospital stay was 5.7 days – both values well below the EU averages. Following the implementation of policies aimed at shifting care to outpatient settings, the supply of hospital beds and average length of stay had been declining steadily over the past two decades (see Section 5.1). Despite relatively limited initial capacity, Denmark’s hospital sector had sufficient surge capacity during the pandemic, albeit at the cost of suspending non-urgent care and elective surgeries (see Section 5.3).

“Danes also have one of the lowest rates of physician visits in the EU, averaging just 4.0 visits per person per year in 2019, compared to an EU average of 6.7.”

Source: OECD (2021), Health at a Glance 2021: OECD Indicators, OECD Publishing, Paris, doi.org/10.1787/ae3016b9-en.

“Regional authorities are responsible for organisation and delivery of health care services in Denmark. People are generally required to register with a GP, who provides primary care and plays a gatekeeping role for access to hospital and most specialist care. GPs are predominantly self-employed, with 46 % in solo practices in 2019.

“Practically all hospital beds (94 %) are publicly owned and operated by the regions; the remainder are in smaller private specialty hospitals. Outpatient specialty care is delivered at hospital-based ambulatory clinics by doctors employed by public hospitals or by private self-employed specialists in privately owned facilities.”

Source: OECD (2021), Health at a Glance 2021: OECD Indicators, OECD Publishing, Paris, doi.org/10.1787/ae3016b9-en.

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Page last updated Nov. 21, 2022 by Doug McVay, Editor.