Ireland: Nurse to hospital bed ratio
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| Ireland |
Nurse to hospital bed ratio |
|---|---|
| Latest value | 1.86 |
| Year | 2019 |
| Measure | nurse to bed ratio |
| Data availability | 1990 - 2019 |
| Average | 1.14 |
| Min - Max | 0.37 - 1.95 |
| Source | OECD |
The latest value from 2019 is 1.86 nurse to bed ratio, an increase from 1.78 nurse to bed ratio in 2018. In comparison, the world average is 1.41 nurse to bed ratio, based on data from 26 countries. Historically, the average for Ireland from 1990 to 2019 is 1.14 nurse to bed ratio. The minimum value, 0.37 nurse to bed ratio, was reached in 1990 while the maximum of 1.95 nurse to bed ratio was recorded in 2012.
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Definition: The ratio of the number of professional and associate professional nurses to the number of hospital beds.
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|---|---|---|---|
| Hospital beds | 14,412 | 2020 | hospital beds |
| Hospital beds per 1,000 people | 2.89 | 2020 | hospital beds |
| Nurse to hospital bed ratio | 1.86 | 2019 | nurse to bed ratio |
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| Mammographs | 16.85 | 2018 | mammographs per million people |