Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 24 May 2022
681. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of subacute inpatient beds in the public healthcare system per 1,000; the total number; the way in which this compares with other Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development and European Union Member States in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26464/22]
Amharc ar fhreagraPlease find attached excel showing acute beds per 1,000 population Ireland and OECD countries for which data is available, also a second excel showing total number of curative (acute) beds in Ireland and various other Eurostat countries.
Data in the first is available at: data.oecd.org/healtheqt/hospital-beds.htm. Data in the second is at: ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/hlth_rs_bds/default/table?lang=en.
This is the only hospital bed related data sent by the Department of Health to OECD/Eurostat.
