Denomination 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
General practitioners (GPs)
Number of general practitioners (GPs) 4,537 4,593 4,658 4,906 5,022 5,011 5,086 5,157 5,210 5,178 5,159 5,133 5,125 5,106 5,046 5,018 5,002 4,969 5,001 4,971 4,926 4,926 4,903 4,855 4,850 4,817 4,755 4,747 4,677 4,629 4,536 4,473 4,427
Total number of inhabitants registered at GPs, thousand 8,962 .. .. 8,544 8,728 8,778 8,792 8,765 8,744 8,473 8,497 8,504 8,564 8,576 8,623 8,616 8,667 8,666 8,689 8,640 8,594 8,650 8,704 8,681 8,715 8,745 8,710 8,724 8,757 8,750 8,749 8,762 8,691
Number of inhabitants registered per one GPa 1,975 .. .. 1,741 1,738 1,752 1,729 1,700 1,678 1,636 1,647 1,657 1,671 1,680 1,709 1,717 1,733 1,744 1,737 1,738 1,745 1,756 1,775 1,788 1,797 1,815 1,832 1,838 1,872 1,890 1,929 1,959 1,963
Cared cases, thousands
cases cared in GP's office 38,869 39,018 44,136 45,221 45,276 43,812 43,565 43,983 45,207 47,166 47,593 48,401 49,577 50,919 52,448 54,291 57,391 48,370 50,661 55,030 54,404 54,819 55,097 55,104 54,875 55,459 55,348 54,982 54,688 54,613 53,817 51,370 49,126
cases cared out of GP's officeb 3,869 4,230 4,906 5,371 5,531 5,614 5,593 5,540 5,470 5,721 5,574 5,312 5,070 5,054 4,835 4,659 4,207 2,904 2,955 2,933 2,898 2,695 2,506 2,258 1,979 1,731 1,594 1,402 1,236 1,093 763 549 507
telemedicine care – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – .. 10,862 10,804
cared cases, totalc 42,738 43,248 49,042 50,592 50,807 49,426 49,159 49,523 50,677 52,887 53,167 53,712 54,646 55,973 57,283 58,950 61,598 51,274 53,616 57,963 57,302 57,514 57,602 57,362 56,855 57,190 56,942 56,384 55,924 55,706 54,581 62,781 60,438
Annual number of consultations per one GPd
cases cared in GP's office 8,735 8,495 9,367 9,218 9,016 8,743 8,566 8,529 8,677 9,109 9,208 9,405 9,666 9,954 10,332 10,789 11,455 9,702 10,163 11,037 10,994 11,129 11,211 11,294 11,309 11,474 11,565 11,573 11,606 11,737 11,744 11,404 11,040
cases cared out of GP's officeb 864 921 1,041 1,095 1,101 1,120 1,100 1,074 1,050 1,105 1,078 1,032 988 987 953 926 840 583 593 588 586 547 510 463 408 358 333 295 262 235 167 122 114
telemedicine care – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – .. 2,411 2,428
cared cases, total 9,599 9,416 10,408 10,312 10,117 9,864 9,665 9,603 9,727 10,214 10,287 10,438 10,654 10,942 11,285 11,715 12,295 10,285 10,755 11,625 11,580 11,676 11,721 11,757 11,717 11,832 11,898 11,868 11,868 11,972 11,911 13,937 13,581
of which:
patients directed to specialist’s consultation 514 510 735 836 914 867 893 990 1,077 1,165 1,249 1,292 1,370 1,450 1,565 1,665 1,826 2,005 2,212 2,230 2,255 2,279 2,244 2,341 2,353 2,393 2,469 2,449 2,459 2,499 1,852 2,043 2,266
patients sent to hospital 49 46 48 51 54 53 54 60 68 67 69 69 72 75 82 83 87 84 87 80 84 92 91 83 84 78 76 79 80 79 61 58 61
Number of consultations per 1000 inhabitants registered at GPs 4,769 .. .. 5,922 5,821 5,630 5,591 5,650 5,796 6,242 6,257 6,316 6,381 6,527 6,643 6,842 7,107 5,916 6,171 6,709 6,668 6,649 6,618 6,608 6,524 6,540 6,538 6,463 6,386 6,367 6,238 7,165 6,953
Family paediatrician
Number of family paediatricians 1,420 1,449 1,497 1,475 1,489 1,527 1,537 1,559 1,570 1,563 1,570 1,580 1,579 1,582 1,577 1,571 1,557 1,554 1,559 1,548 1,525 1,516 1,512 1,490 1,493 1,460 1,444 1,426 1,405 1,384 1,359 1,334 1,321
Number of children registered at family paediatricians, thousand 1,413 .. .. .. 1,514 1,553 1,591 1,602 1,583 1,518 1,494 1,496 1,496 1,491 1,484 1,475 1,474 1,459 1,462 1,452 1,441 1,433 1,428 1,425 1,421 1,414 1,417 1,420 1,421 1,424 1,431 1,436 1,435
Number of population per one family paediatrician 995 .. .. .. 1,017 1,017 1,035 1,027 1,009 971 951 947 947 942 941 939 947 939 938 938 945 945 945 957 951 968 981 995 1,011 1,029 1,053 1,076 1,086
Cared cases, thousands
cases cared in family paediatricians' officee 8,043 .. .. 9,004 9,320 9,053 9,065 8,940 9,039 9,504 9,158 9,206 8,856 9,363 9,350 9,634 9,857 9,662 9,770 10,284 10,042 10,000 9,362 9,617 9,918 9,915 10,051 9,845 9,638 9,513 8,051 7,254 8,625
cases cared out of family paediatricians' officef 1,016 .. .. 1,442 1,542 1,589 1,615 1,552 1,496 1,474 1,346 1,295 1,189 1,174 1,066 1,036 982 849 789 749 667 589 522 487 459 453 450 412 372 331 230 127 92
telemedicine care – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – .. 3,271 3,869
cared cases, totalc 9,059 .. .. 10,446 10,862 10,642 10,680 10,492 10,535 10,978 10,504 10,501 10,046 10,538 10,415 10,670 10,838 10,511 10,560 11,033 10,709 10,589 9,884 10,104 10,376 10,368 10,501 10,257 10,010 9,844 8,282 10,651 12,587
Annual number of consultations per one family paediatriciang
cases cared in family paediatricians' office 5,490 .. .. 6,105 6,259 5,928 5,898 5,734 5,754 6,081 5,846 5,845 5,607 5,924 5,919 6,121 6,302 6,211 6,277 6,620 6,535 6,577 6,184 6,407 6,650 6,715 6,922 6,860 6,809 6,822 5,870 5,387 6,498
cases cared out of family paediatricians' officeh 694 .. .. 978 1,036 1,041 1,051 995 953 943 859 822 753 744 675 658 628 546 507 482 434 387 345 324 307 307 310 287 263 237 168 94 69
telemedicine care – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – .. 2,429 2,915
cared cases, total 6,184 .. .. 7,082 7,295 6,969 6,948 6,730 6,710 7,024 6,705 6,668 6,360 6,669 6,594 6,779 6,930 6,757 6,784 7,102 6,970 6,964 6,528 6,731 6,957 7,022 7,232 7,148 7,072 7,059 6,038 7,910 9,481
Number of consultations per 1000 inhabitants aged 0–18 registered at family paediatricians 6,411 .. .. .. 7,174 6,850 6,713 6,550 6,653 7,230 7,032 7,022 6,715 7,071 7,019 7,232 7,352 7,202 7,223 7,597 7,433 7,391 6,920 7,089 7,305 7,334 7,411 7,225 7,044 6,912 5,787 7,419 8,770
Together
Number of general practitioners and family paediatricians 5,957 6,042 6,155 6,381 6,511 6,538 6,623 6,716 6,780 6,741 6,729 6,713 6,704 6,688 6,623 6,589 6,559 6,523 6,560 6,519 6,451 6,442 6,415 6,345 6,343 6,277 6,199 6,173 6,082 6,013 5,895 5,807 5,748
Inhabitants per GP and family paediatrician 1,742 1,714 1,679 1,616 1,578 1,567 1,542 1,515 1,495 1,497 1,516 1,516 1,513 1,513 1,525 1,529 1,535 1,540 1,529 1,536 1,548 1,542 1,545 1,557 1,554 1,566 1,581 1,584 1,607 1,625 1,651 1,669 1,670

Footnotes

aPer one district in 1990.
bUntil 2013 patient visits at home.
cUntil October 2020, services provided by telephone or via the internet were included among cases cared in the doctor’s office. Since 2021, these data have been featured under the category ’telemedicine care’.
dPer one district in 1990-1992. Calculated on average number of GPs from 2000. Including the consultations with telephone in 2020.
eFrom 2014 number of those appeared at consultations of specialist included.
fUntil 2013 home visits (preventive visits and patient visits at home together).
gCalculated on average number of family peadiatricians from 2000. Including the consultations with telephone in 2020.
hUntil 2013 home visits (preventive visits and patient visits at home together).

Explanation of symbols

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Non-occurrence.
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