The table illustrates information about medical care in Austria, France, and Sweden between 1980 and 2000. It shows the number of physicians and hospital beds per 1000 people.
Overall, Sweden had the maximum number of physians, hospital beds,and average stay in hospitals from 1980 to 2000.
In 1980, Austria had 0.8 doctors only which slightly increased to 0.9 in 1990; and again had the same increment and became 1 in 2000. This country had only 1.4 hospital beds per 100 people in 1980; but in 1990, that figure moderately rose to 3.1; in 2000, it again rose to 3.7. The Austrians used to stay at hospitals 18 days on average in 1980; in 1990, it significantly decreased to 6 and then again increased to 18 in 2000.
The number of physicians in France were 2.4 in 1980, 2.2 in 1990, and 1.3 in 2000 respectively. The number of hospital beds per 1000 people were 0.2 in 1980, 0.8 in 1990, and 1.6 in 2000 respectively. Sweden had the maximum number of physicians in 1980; but in 1990, that figure dramatically dropped to 3 and again climbed to 3.8 in 2000. That country had 6.4 hospital beds in 1980, which figure remained the same in 1990; and grew to 6.9 in 2000. The Swidish people used to stay 23 days in hospitals on average in 1980; in 1990, that figure modestly came down to 18; and then again rose to 21 in 2000.