The table gives information on medical care in three different European countries- Austria, France and Sweden- from 1980 to 2000. Overall, it is evident that Sweden ranked first in all three categories. Besides, average period of patients to stay at hospitals demonstrated a noticeable decrease in all three countries.
Looking at the figures for physicians-patients ratio, there was barely one doctor per thousand people at hospitals in Austria during the whole period. France, on the other hand, initially had 2.4 ratio which dipped to 2.2, eventually finishing the period with a mere 1.3. By contrast, in Sweden, the ratio was relatively higher, with the figure never falling from three doctors per thousand people.
Turning to number of beds in hospital per 1000 people, hospitals in Austria started with 1.4, significantly increasing to 3.7 at the end, a marked contrast to that of France which saw a gradual but steady growth from 0.2 to 1.6 in 2000. Similarly, after providing a static picture for the first decade (6.4), the ratio for Sweden climbed to 6.9 in the end.
Focusing on the average stay period, Patients initially stayed at hospitals in Austria for 18 days which then fell to 8 days in 2000, after hitting a trough of 6 days. Average staying period in France similarly reduced from 9 days to 5 days as opposed to Sweden where the same figure exhibited a dip, from 23 days to 21 days.
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Looking at the figures for physicians-patients ratio, there was barely one doctor per thousand people at hospitals in Austria during the whole period. France, on the other hand, initially had 2.4 ratio which dipped to 2.2, eventually finishing the period with a mere 1.3. By contrast, in Sweden, the ratio was relatively higher, with the figure never falling from three doctors per thousand people.
Turning to number of beds in hospital per 1000 people, hospitals in Austria started with 1.4, significantly increasing to 3.7 at the end, a marked contrast to that of France which saw a gradual but steady growth from 0.2 to 1.6 in 2000. Similarly, after providing a static picture for the first decade (6.4), the ratio for Sweden climbed to 6.9 in the end.
Focusing on the average stay period, Patients initially stayed at hospitals in Austria for 18 days which then fell to 8 days in 2000, after hitting a trough of 6 days. Average staying period in France similarly reduced from 9 days to 5 days as opposed to Sweden where the same figure exhibited a dip, from 23 days to 21 days.
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20 mins