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In-patient Discharges During 2020, 59.533 patients
were treated and discharged from the general hospitals of the State Health
Services Organisation (SHSO), whereas 1.045 patients were treated and
discharged from Kyperounta and Polis Rural Hospitals. It should be stated
that the respective data for the private hospitals are not available as they
were contracted to the General Healthcare System (GHS) only during the 2nd semester of 2020. In 2020, the bed occupancy rate of the general hospitals of SHSO was 64,1%. The respective percentage for the rural hospitals in 2020 was 34,0%. Neoplasms have the highest
share, 10,3% of the patients discharged from general hospitals, followed by
diseases of the circulatory system with 7,4%, diseases of the respiratory
system and injuries, poisoning and certain other consequences of external
causes with 6,4% and diseases of the digestive system and the genitourinary
system 5,0%. All other disease categories account for the remaining 22,1%,
whereas for 37,4% of the cases the diagnosis was not stated.  Out-patient Attendances During 2020 in the framework of
the GHS, a total of 6.016.478 out-patient attendances were recorded of which
982.563 were performed to the hospitals and health centres of the SHSO and
5.033.915 were performed to private sector physicians who were enrolled to
the GHS. As regards the type of attendance, 2.769.908 attendances to personal
doctors and 3.246.570 attendances to specialized doctors.
Deaths and Causes of Death In 2020, 6.579 deaths have been
recorded, including all deaths of residents, as well as non-residents dying
in Cyprus. A percentage of 53,0% of total deaths (3.487 deaths) refers to
men, whereas 47,0% (3.092 deaths) refers to women. The main causes of death
were diseases of the circulatory system (28,5%), neoplasms (24,0%), diseases
of the respiratory system (9,5%), endocrine, nutritional and metabolic
diseases (7,6%), as well as external causes of injury and poisoning (4,7%).
Other causes of death follow with lower frequencies.  METHODOLOGICAL
INFORMATION Definitions In-patient – Is a person who has been through the full admission procedure
in one of the general/rural hospitals and for whom a “patient’s file” has
been prepared and remained at the hospital for treatment for at least one
night, or admitted and discharged at the same day. Out-patient attendance – Is the visit of the patient to an out-patient
department. Sources of Data and Coverage Coverage. Up to May 2019, medical care in Cyprus was provided through the
public and private sector health services. From June 2019 the gradual
implementation of the GHS began, firstly at the level of the primary care
(out-patient visits) and from June 2020, at the level of the secondary care
(in-patient care). At the present press release, the data referring to the
primary care covers all the medical institutions and practices contracted to
GHS whereas, the data corresponding to the secondary care covers only the
medical institutions under SHSO. This was necessary as GHS was implemented at
the level of secondary care only in the 2nd semester of 2020 and
hence the information available for the whole year of 2020 corresponded only
to the medical institutions under SHSO. In-patient discharges. Data on patients who are admitted for treatment and
discharged from the medical institutions under SHSO (discharges) are
collected in electronic form from all the hospitals. Micro databases are
forwarded to the Statistical Service and the compilation, tabulation and
analysis of data are performed by Statistics Officers. Out-patient attendances. The data on out-patient attendances performed at the
medical institutions and physicians’ offices enrolled to the GHS have been
obtained from the IT system of the HIO. Causes of death. The source is the Cause of Death Register owned by the Health
Monitoring Unit of the Ministry of Health. The total number of deaths
recorded in the register, includes all deaths occurring in Cyprus, both of
residents and non-residents, as well as deaths of Cypriot residents occurring
abroad. For more information: CYSTAT Portal, subtheme Health CYSTAT-DB
(Online Database) Predefined
Tables (Excel) Contact Eleni Kyriacou: Tel:
+35722605114, Email: ekyriacou@cystat.mof.gov.cy Nicoletta Petrou: Tel:
+35722602158, Email: npetrou@cystat.mof.gov.cy (MH/IK) |
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