Source of data:
National Institute of Statistics
Sanitary units (end of year)
| 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | |
| Number of hospitals | 447 | 427 | 425 | 433 |
| Beds in hospitals (thou) | 163 | 143 | 143 | 143 |
| Number of nurseries 1) | 288 | 294 | 289 | 291 |
| Beds in nurseries 1) (thou) | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 |
| Number of pharmacies and pharmaceutical outlets | 4887 | 4947 | 5389 | 5823 |
1) Public ownership. |
(end of year)
| 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | |
| Physicians 1) | 45805 | 46919 | 48150 | 47388 |
| Population per physician | 476 | 463 | 450 | 456 |
| Physicians per 10000 inhabitants | 21 | 21.6 | 22.2 | 21.9 |
| Dentists | 8830 | 9447 | 9907 | 10249 |
| Population per dentist | 2468 | 2301 | 2188 | 2110 |
| Dentists per 10000 inhabitants | 4.1 | 4.3 | 4.6 | 4.7 |
| Pharmaceutical chemists | 7328 | 7793 | 8763 | 9283 |
| Population per pharmaceutical chemist | 2974 | 2789 | 2473 | 2329 |
| Pharmaceutical chemist per 10000 inhabitants | 3.4 | 3.6 | 4 | 4.3 |
| Ancillary medical staff | 123836 | 120740 | 121683 | 123455 |
| Population per ancillary medical person | 176 | 180 | 178 | 175 |
| Ancillary medical staff per 10000 inhabitants | 56.8 | 55.6 | 56.1 | 57.1 |
| Ancillary medical staff per physician | 2.7 | 2.6 | 2.5 | 2.6 |
1) Dentists excluded. |