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International Hospital Federation
era HOSPITAL SECTOR: Greece
Population*: 11 123 000
Annual growth rate: 0.26 %
Life expectancy at birth*: 77 years for men; 82 years for women
GNI per capita*: 30 870 PPP int. $
Expenses for national healthcare*: 9.9 % of GDP
Healthcare expenses per capita*: 3 101 Intl $
*Source: WHO www.who.int
TYPES OF HOSPITALS:
Total (1)
No of
hospitals
and clinics
Number
of beds
Legal Entities
of Public Law
(2)
No of
hospitals
No of
beds
Legal Entities
of Private Law
No of
hospitals
No of
beds
Private
Clinics
No of
clinics
No of
beds
Health
Centers
No of
health
centers
Total 317 53701 141 37053 6 1566 170 15082 190 1010
General 184 37361 114 28989 2 1194 68 7178
Specialized 121 15426 27 8064 4 372 90 6990
Combined 12 914 0 0 0 0 12 914
(1.) Excluding military hospitals and beds herein
(2.) Including hospitals under the authority of the Ministries of Health and Social
Solidarity, Social Insurance (Legal Entities of Public Law, LD 2592/1953), the
Ministries of Justice, Interior, and Hospitals belonging to the LEPL and
Universities
No of
beds
PROVISION OF ACUTE HOSPITAL CARE:
Number of beds per 1,000 inhabitants:
Number of beds for acute hospital care:
Number of admissions in acute care hospitals:
Number of hospitals:
Bed capacity utilization:
Average length of stay (ALOS): AND STRUCTURE:
PROVISION OF SPECIALIZED AND LONG TERM CARE:
➩ Annual number of out patients visits: ND
➩ Number of beds (per 1000 inhabitants): 5.3 (2006)
➩ Number of admissions (per year): 2 036 052 (2006)
➩ Average occupancy rate: 70.4 % (1998)
ADMINISTRATION AND MANAGEMENT:
➩ Authorities in charge of administration and management of hospitals:
All hospitals operate as decentralized and independent units of the Health Regional
Administrations (YPE), to which they geographically belong. Each hospital maintains
administrative and financial independence. Public hospitals are managed by a hospital
manager and the management council.
➩ Surveillance Authority:
Ministry of Health and Social Solidarity

International Hospital Federation
it er HOSPITAL SECTOR: Greece
FUNDING:
The hospital sector is financed by:
➩ General and earmarked taxation
➩ Social insurance
➩ Other sources (i.e. private insurance company, settlements etc)
Recurrent costs
➩ Financer/ financers:
- State
- Social insurance funds
➩ Mode/ modes of payment for each one:
- State budget funding includes:
• Subsidies to public hospitals and other health care services (i.e. rural health
services)
• Subsidies to the Social Insurance Fund for Farmers (OGA)
• Capital investments in public health services
• Public health expenditure as well as medical education funding
- About 30 social insurance funds provide coverage to nearly the entire Greek
population. More than half of these funds operate various insurance schemes and
provide not only health insurance coverage but also pension, welfare and other
benefits. Membership of the funds is compulsory for all the employed population and
their dependants and is based on occupation, not on income.
Investment
➩ Financers: State budget, Public Investment Program
Percentage of all health care expenses: 10,946 (1998 data)
Share of public sector in total hospital expenditure (%): 55,91 (1998 data)
STAFF:
➩ Doctors: 25495
➩ Midwifes: 2293
➩ Nurses: 35294
➩ Visitors: 649
➩ Others: 8460
Hospital doctors:
Staff for healthcare and social service:
Status and mode of payment for hospital doctors: Full time salary