Japan: Nurse to hospital bed ratio

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 Japan

Nurse to hospital bed ratio

 Latest value 0.60
 Year 2017
 Measure nurse to bed ratio
 Data availability 2002 - 2017
 Average 0.52
 Min - Max 0.43 - 0.60
 Source OECD
The latest value from 2017 is 0.6 nurse to bed ratio, unchanged from 0.6 nurse to bed ratio in 2016. In comparison, the world average is 1.39 nurse to bed ratio, based on data from 31 countries. Historically, the average for Japan from 2002 to 2017 is 0.52 nurse to bed ratio. The minimum value, 0.43 nurse to bed ratio, was reached in 2002 while the maximum of 0.6 nurse to bed ratio was recorded in 2016. See the global rankings for that indicator or use the country comparator to compare trends over time.
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Recent data
Japan - Nurse to hospital bed ratio - Recent values chart

Historical series
Japan - Nurse to hospital bed ratio - historical chart - 2002-2017




Definition: The ratio of the number of professional and associate professional nurses to the number of hospital beds.

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