The table illustrates data about medical care in terms of the number of doctors, hospital beds and average stay in a medical center in three countries, concluding Austria, France, Sweden between 1980 and 2000. It is apparent that Sweden maintained the leading position in all 3 categories. In addition, while the amount of physicians and medical beds per 1000 people in three countries almost witnessed an upward trend, the number of average stay in medical centers in three countries experienced an opposite pattern.
On one hand, the amount of Swedish physicians per 1000 people maintained the leading position, moreover the 20-year period saw a marginal rise to 3.8. On the contrary, the number of doctors in Austria merely represented 1 over the period. Meanwhile, a significant drop to 1.3 was recorded in the number of physicians in France. In addition, the number of hospital beds per 1000 people in Sweden gradually climbed to roughly 7 at the end of the period and it nearly doubled that in Austria in 2000. In contrast, the amount of hospital beds in France underwent a surge to 1,6 in 2000, however it was just nearly a fourth of that in Austria.
On the other hand, having slumped to 6 in 1990, the average stay in medical centers in Austria experienced a dramatic increase to 18 at the end of the period.In contrast, the 20-year period saw a slight fall by 2 in the number of average days which Swedish patients spend on staying in hospital. Meanwhile, the average stay in hospital in France merely remained under 10 over the period.