The table illustrates three categories in medical care, namely physicians, hospital beds, and average stays in hospital, in three European countries from 1980 to 2000.
Overall, the average number of physicians and hospital beds per 1000 people rose in most countries, except for the physicians figure in France, which gradually decreased. Moreover, the length of stays in hospitals in these three countries generally declined over the period.
Regarding the average physicians and hospital beds per 1000 people, Sweden was the leading country with outnumbering statistics. In detail, while physicians per 1000 people was 3.6 in 1980, before dipping to 3 in 1990 and eventually rebounding to 3.8 in 2000, there were an average of 6.4 hospital beds per 1000 people in 1980 and 1990, ultimately rising to 6.9 in 2000. Likewise, these upticks were also seen in Austria figures, with physicians increasing from 0.8 to 1.0 and beds surging from 1.4 to 3.7. Although the hospital beds figure in France, similarly, soared from only 0.2 in 1980 to 1.6 in 2000, the physician number plunged from 2.4 to 1.3 throughout the period.
Moving on to the average stays in hospitals, Sweden was the predominant country with 23 days in 1980, before dropping to 18 days in 1990 and recovering to 21 days in 2000. Austria also experienced a fluctuation with the data for these three years being 18 days, 6 days, and 18 days respectively. However, France showed a more steady decrease, from 9 days to 5 days after 20 years.