The table compares three European countries —
Austria
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France
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Sweden
— in terms of the number of physicians and hospital beds per 1,000 people, Use synonyms
as well as
the average hospital stay, over a 20-year period from 1980 to 2000. Linking Words
Overall
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Sweden
consistently had the highest figures for both physicians and hospital beds throughout the period, Use synonyms
while
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France
recorded the lowest in most categories. The average hospital stay showed considerable variation among the three countries, particularly in Use synonyms
Austria
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In 1980, Use synonyms
Sweden
had 3.6 physicians per 1,000 people, much higher than Use synonyms
France
(2.4) and Use synonyms
Austria
(0.8). By 2000, Use synonyms
this
figure slightly increased to 3.8 in Linking Words
Sweden
and to 1 in Use synonyms
Austria
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while
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France
saw a notable decline to 1.3. A similar upward trend was observed in the number of hospital beds per 1,000 people, which rose in all three countries. Use synonyms
Sweden
’s figure increased marginally from 6.4 to 6.9, Use synonyms
whereas
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Austria
’s rose sharply from 1.4 to 3.7. Use synonyms
France
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also
experienced growth from 0.2 to 1.6.
Regarding the average hospital stay, Linking Words
Austria
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Sweden
experienced fluctuations, Use synonyms
while
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France
showed a steady decrease. In Use synonyms
Austria
, the figure dropped dramatically from 18 days in 1980 to 6 in 1990, before returning to 18 in 2000. Use synonyms
Sweden
’s average stay remained the longest across all years, ranging between 18 and 23 days. Use synonyms
In contrast
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France
’s hospital stay shortened gradually from 9 to 5 days.Use synonyms