The table illustrates the information about medical care, categorized into three different sectors in three nations in Europe between 1980 and 2000.
Overall, it is apparent that Sweden had the largest average stay in hospitals over the past three years. In addition, the least number of hospital beds can be seen in France during the same period.
In 1980, the numbers of physicians and hospital beds in Sweden were around 3.6 and 6.4 per 1000 people, which were significantly higher than those in France and Austria. Over the following twenty years, while the numbers of physicians in Sweden and Austria increased gradually to 3.8 and 1.0 per 1000 people, respectively, the figure for France witnessed a downward trend, dropping to 1.3 in 2000. In addition, all three nations had a significant increase in the number of hospital beds, rising to 6.9, 1.6, and 3.7 per 1000 people in Sweden, France, and Austria, respectively.
Regarding the rate of average stay in hospitals, Sweden and Austria were ranked first in 1980, at 23 for the former and 18 for the latter. Subsequently, while the figure for the former fell dramatically to 21, the number of the latter climbed to 18 per 1000 people in 2000, the same in 1980, despite having a significant decrease in 1990. On the other hand, the figure for France decreased from 9 to only 5 per 1000 people over the given period.