Hospital Beds Per 1,000 Population (2018): 3.14
Nurse-To-Hospital-Bed Ratio (FTE) (2018): NA
Doctors Consultations (In All Settings) (Number Per Capita) (2017): NA
Hospital Average Length of Stay (All Causes) (2018): 7.9 Days
Computed Tomography Scanners (Per Million Population) (2018): 35.12
Magnetic Imaging Resonance Units (Per Million Population) (2018): 28.73
Mammographs (Per Million Population) (2018): 33.83

Source: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. OECD.Stat. Last accessed Oct. 7, 2020.

“In line with the trend observed in almost all EU countries, between 2000 and 2017 the number of hospital beds per capita in Italy decreased by about 30 % to 3.2 beds per 1,000 population, well below the EU average (Figure 19). The number of hospital discharges decreased in parallel with the number of beds, while the average length of stay (ALOS) increased slightly, due at least partly to sicker patients being treated in hospital and an increased use of outpatient care for less severe cases.”

Source: OECD/European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies (2019), Italy: Country Health Profile 2019, State of Health in the EU, OECD Publishing, Paris/European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies, Brussels.

“Accredited private hospital beds account for 28% of the total number of beds, but there are great differences in the geographical distribution of private beds among Italy’s 20 regions, with Lombardy and Lazio having a larger share of private beds (Ministry of Health, 2009).”

Source: Francesca Ferré. “Italy.” In Voluntary health insurance in Europe: Country experience [Internet]. Sagan A, Thomson S, editors. Copenhagen (Denmark): European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies; 2016. Observatory Studies Series, No. 42.

“The importance of medical technology has generally grown over time. The number of MRI units, CT scanners and PET units is constantly rising, doubling between 2000 and 2011 in the case of CT scanners and more than tripling in the case of MRI units (Table 4.1). In 2011 there were 30.4 CT scanners per million population and almost 20 MRI units per million population available in hospital (including public, private accredited and non-accredited providers) and ambulatory settings (public and private accredited providers) (OECD, 2014b). However, the diffusion of medical technology is not evenly distributed across the country. Some regions, such as Liguria, the central regions, as well as Molise, Basilicata and Sardinia have high levels (higher than the national average) of technologies available in public facilities while others in the south have constantly lower levels (Campania, Puglia, Calabria and Sicily).”

Source: OECD/European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies (2019), Italy: Country Health Profile 2019, State of Health in the EU, OECD Publishing, Paris/European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies, Brussels.

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