Δημογραφική απεικόνιση πανελλαδικά των θεραπευτηρίων, των κλινών, του ιατρικού και νοσηλευτικού προσωπικού, από το 1985 έως σήμερα
Date Issued
September 18, 2022
Type
Μεταπτυχιακή Διπλωματική Εργασία
Abstract
Objective: The purpose of this postgraduate study is the nationwide demographic
representation of hospitals, beds, medical and nursing staff, from 1985 until today. Through
this process, the evaluation process is attempted, which aims at improving the care provided
and not at the scoping view of what has been done.
Methodology: Demographic representation nationwide of hospitals, beds, medical and
nursing staff, from 1985 until today through the processing of quantitative primary data and
analysis of exported results. The data processing was performed through the statistical
program SPSS and the retrieval of the primary data was performed by ELSTAT.
Results: The analysis of data on the number of beds and hospitals shows that the number of
hospitals has decreased in number but now has a larger capacity in beds, from 98.6 beds per
hospital in 1985 to 166.8 beds per hospital in 2019, along with urbanization of the country
and the concentration most of the population in large urban centers. Regarding the
availability of beds per 1000 population in Greece, it decreased from 5.49 in 1985 to 4.18 in
2019 following the decrease in Europe, with the result that the indicators converge in the
period 2018-2019. Since 1993, Greece has consistently had less than 5 beds per 1000
population, while the largest decrease took place between 2009 and 2010 from 4.93 to 4.48.
Regarding the medical and nursing staff, the number of doctors increases from 1985 to 2012
and then decreases, reaching 23,354 in 2018, which corresponds to 0.52 doctors per bed.
Similarly, the number of nurses increases from 1985 to 2011, reaching 38,786 nurses in
2018, which corresponds to 0.81 nurses per bed.
Conclusions: In Greece, the largest percentage of public expenditure is spent on hospitalsecondary care, which is directly related to the dissatisfaction of citizens with the existing
health system, as it is structured. Demographic change, increasing urbanization, increasing
quality of life in terms of disease and illness, and consequent increase in life expectancy, and
finally the socioeconomic factors that are always needed to be taken into account in a demographic critical analysis of the studied factors, namely the number of clinics, hospital
beds, and the number of medical staff.
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