Federal Public Service Social Security

Federal Public Service Social Security

Directorate Analysis and Monitoring - Department Financing and Budget

Federal Public Service Social Security

Directorate Analysis and Monitoring - Department Financing and Budget

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Statistics on healthcare non-expenditure provide information on healthcare human resources, healthcare facilities, and healthcare utilisation.

- The people active in the healthcare sector (doctors, dentists, nurses, etc.) and their status (graduates, practising, migration of doctors and nurses, etc.);

- The available healthcare technical resources and facilities (hospital beds, beds in residential care facilities, medical technology, etc.);

- The health activities or patient contacts undertaken (hospital discharges, surgical procedures, ambulatory care data, etc.).

Annual national and regional data are provided in absolute numbers or as a rate of a relevant population.

Data are based mainly on administrative records (see section 18.1 ‘Source data’ for more information).

For the collection data on healthcare non- expenditure, the classifications used in the System of Health Accounts (SHA) and its related set of International Classification for the Health Accounts (https://www.oecd.org/health/health-systems/1841456.pdf ) are applied.

For hospital discharges, the International Shortlist for Hospital Morbidity Tabulation (ISHMT) is used. (https://circabc.europa.eu/ui/group/c1b49c83-24a7-4ff2-951c-621ac0a89fd8/library/6ff71dd5-8200-4fe4-a610-a7707cd47c4d )

For Health Employment, the Directive 2005/36/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 September 2005 on the recognition of professional qualifications apply (https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/dir/2005/36/2020-04-24 ).

Definitions of mandatory variables are laid down in Commission Regulation (EU) 2022/2294.

Where possible, the statistics are separated by sex (male/female), age group and NUTS2 region.

The Eurostat manual on healthcare non-expenditure statistics provides an overview of the classifications, both for mandatory variables and variables provided on voluntary basis.

National deviations: see Annex at the bottom of the page.

Public health.

The healthcare non-expenditure statistics describe the public health sector from a non-monetary perspective. The statistics explain the number or rate of different healthcare resources, facilities and utilisations. A wide range of indicators are collected from a multitude of sources and therefore, details pertaining to individual variables are given in the Annex.

Definitions of mandatory variables are laid down in Commission Regulation (EU) 2022/2294.

The Eurostat manual on healthcare non-expenditure statistics provides an overview of the classifications, both for mandatory variables and variables provided on voluntary basis.

National changes of statistical concepts and national definitions deviating from Regulation (EU) 2022/2294: see Annex at the bottom of the page.

Registered health professionals or health care facility categories.

national population, 

following variables can represent:

(1) all health care staff

(2) all available beds or equipment in hospitals or in nursing and residential care facilities

(3) all discharges or procedures performed in all hospitals

Complete national territory

Reference Year 2022

Data correspond to calender year or stock (situation at) 31/12 year following the variable

Data availability will differ by variable:

Hospital beds regional : 1993-2022 

Hospital staff: 1993-2022 (by nuts2 2011-2022)

hospital tech resources : 2005-2022

non resident discharges: 2012-2022

health activities - hospital aggregates: 2000-2022

exams: 1999-2022

procedures 2005-2022

health employment - physicians 1960-2022

                               physicians by age 1999-2022       

                               physicians by category 2000-2022

                               midwives and nurses: 2004-2022 

                               caring personnel 2007-2022

                               dentists, pharmacists, physiologists 1985-2022

                               hospital employment 2002-2022

                               graduates 1994-2022

physical resources:   hospitals 1990-2022

                               hospital beds 1988-2022

                               ICU beds 2020-2022

                               nursing beds 1995-2022

                               medical technology 2003-2022

workforce migration 2000-2022

see also  'sources and methods' in annex.

Data cover the calendar year or data provided by end of year.

See annex 'sources and methods'

Calendar year or stocks at 31/12 (see sources and methods in annex)

Regulation on Community statistics on public health and health and safety at work (EC) No 1338/2008 

Commission Regulation (EU) 2022/2294 on statistics on healthcare facilities, healthcare human resources and healthcare utilisation 

Gentlemen’s agreement

Joint Questionnaire on Non-Monetary Health Care Statistics, which is carried by Eurostat, OECD and WHO-Europe.

No confidential information is covered in the variables covered.

No confidential information

The data transmitted to Eurostat are released by Eurostat.  There is no national release under the same form.   

All institutions involved and administering part of the health sector covered by the data are competent for their own dissemination policies and calendars.

Statistieken | RIZIV (fgov.be) / Statistiques | INAMI (fgov.be)

https://www.health.belgium.be/nl/gezondheid/organisatie-van-de-gezondheidszorg/ziekenhuizen/cijfers-en-rapporten 

see 8.1

see 8.1

see 8.1

see 8.1

see 8.1

see 8.1

microdata are not published.

not applicable

not applicable

See 8.1 Each institution involved is responsible for its regular data management of administrative databases

Data are issue from administrative data

regular data control for administrative use

Eurostat

Eurostat

Derogation for Belgium for cancer screening data.

'practising' nurses and midwives not available.  'licensed to practice' provided instead.

definitions followed, exceptions : see annex on methodology

Not applicable.

Not applicable.

data 2022 provided

data delivered following regulatory obligations

no issues - national coverage

breaks of series indicated

no remarks

Some deviations of definitions - see 'sources and methods' annex

data are gathered by competent authorities, based on records and data surveys by providers and health insurers

final treatments 1 FTE  -  50.000 EUR

data are revised each year and transmitted (as far as necessary) together with transmission of new data

see 17.2

Source data for the different variables are listed in the Annex .

Annual.

Data are collected annually in correspondence to the regulation and are based on administrative data

validation process in administrative use for policy and follow-up 

not applicable

not applicable

all remarks: see methodological annex