The table provides information about three distinct categories in medical healthcare across three different countries, namely Austria, France, and Sweden during three years: 1980, 1990 and 2000.
Overall, it is noticeable that Sweden recorded the highest figures in all given categories throughout the period. In addition, only the hospital beds section experienced an upward trend in all given countries in the same timeframe.
Regarding physicians, Sweden showed the highest number of doctors, with 3.6 doctors per 1000 people in 1980, followed by 2.4 in France and 0.8 in Austria. Austria’s and Sweden’s figures rose minimally by 2000, whereas France saw a decline from 2.4 to 1.3 over the same period.
In terms of hospital beds, a modest rise was reported in Sweden, France, and Austria, initially rising from 6.4, 0.2, and 1.4 per 1000 people in 1980 to 6.9, 1.6, and 3.7, respectively, at the end of the time frame.
Concerning average stay in hospitals, the average stay for patients in Sweden was around 23 days in 1980, while the average stay in Austria was 18 days, exactly double the figure for France. There was a similar pattern in Sweden and Austria, falling to 18 and 6 in 1990 and climbing again to 21 and 18, respectively in 2000. By contrast, France saw its figure fall by 4 days in 2000.