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 Internments in health establishments per 1000 inhabitants (No.)
Characteristic Description
Name Internments in health establishments per 1000 inhabitants (No.) by Geographic localization (NUTS - 2001); Annual
Regularity Annual
Source Statistics Portugal, Statistics on health establishments
First available period 1999
Last available period 2011
Dimensions
  • Data reference period
  • Geographic localization (NUTS - 2001)
Concepts
  • RESIDENT POPULATION:  The persons who regardless of the fact that at the moment of observation ' 0:00 a.m. of the reference day ' are present or absent in a given housing unit, this unit being where they live during most of the year with their family, or where they have all or most of their belongings.
  • LOCAL UNIT:  An enterprise or part thereof (e.g. a workshop, factory, warehouse, office, mine or depot) situated in a geographically identified place. At or from this place economic activity is carried out for which ' save for certain exceptions ' one or more persons work (even if only part-time) for one and the same enterprise.
  • REFERENCE PERIOD:  Period to which the information refers and which may be a specific day or a time interval (month, fiscal year, calendar year, among others).
  • TOTAL IN-PATIENT STAYS IN A HEALTH ESTABLISHMENT IN A GIVEN PERIOD:  Number of patients in a health establishment with in-patient care in the first day of the given period, plus the number of patients that entered the same health establishment during the given period.
Definition HEALTH ESTABLISHMENT - Health care unit provider or a set of health care unit providers, with technical direction, management and specific health care purpose accommodations. It may or may not provide in-patient care.
Formule Total number of internments during the year in hospitals and official clinics/ Resident population estimated for the end of the year*1000
Measure unit (symbol) Number (No.)
Power of 10  0
Observations
Last update date 07/01/2014


information presented in 13/5/2025