3.A.5 Number of patients in nursing homes per 10 thous. population
Sustainable Development Goal
Goal 3. Good health and well-being
Priority
Increasing access to public health services
Definition
Number of patients in nursing homes per 10 thous. population.
Unit
persons
Available dimensions
total
Methodological explanations
Nursing homes
Health care unit or organizational unit of the health care unit, in which the therapeutic entity conducts in-patient and 24-hour medical services in kind of other than hospital services. These services may rely in particular on providing 24-hour health care services which cover nursing and rehabilitation of patients who do not require hospitalization and providing them with pharmaceutical agents needed for continuation of a treatment, accommodation and food appropriate to their health condition and also conducting health education for patients and members of their families and preparation these patients for self-care.
