Inpatient discharges
In 2020, 59.533 patients were hospitalized and discharged from the general hospitals of the State Health Services Organization (SHSO), while 1,045 patients were hospitalized and discharged from the Cypress and City Rural Hospitals. It should be noted that the corresponding data for private hospitals are not available since they were contracted with the General Health Plan (GHS) in the second half of 2020.
In 2020, the bed occupancy rate for general hospitals of the OKYPY was 64.1%. The corresponding rate for rural hospitals in 2020 was 34.0%.
Neoplasms accounted for the largest proportion of 10.3% of discharged patients from general hospitals, followed by diseases of the circulatory system at 7.4%, respiratory system diseases and wounds, poisonings and specific other sequelae from external causes at 6.4%, and diseases of the digestive system and diseases of the genitourinary system at 5.0%. All other categories account for 22.1%, while in 37.4% of cases the diagnosis was not declared.
External patient visits
In 2020, 6,016 visits were carried out within the framework of the GHS.478 outpatient visits of which 982,563 outpatient visits were made to outpatient clinics of hospitals and health centers under the OCYPY and 5,033,915 to private sector physicians contracted with the GESY. Regarding the type of visit, 2,769,908 visits were made to personal physicians and 3,246,570 visits to specialists.
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Total
[/TD] [TD]Hospitals and Health Centres of the Health Insurance Fund
[/TD] [/TD] [TD]Private Physicians of the Health Insurance Fund
[/TD][TR] [TD]
No.
[/TD] [TD]
%
[/TD] [TD]No
[/TD] [TD]%
[/TD] [TD]No.
[/TD] [TD]
%
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Personal Physicians
[/TD] [TD]2.769,908
[/TD] [TD]100.0%
[/TD] [TD]466,232
[/TD] [TD]16.8%
[/TD] [TD]2.303,676
[/TD] [TD]83.2%
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Specialists
[/TD] [TD]3.246,570
[/TD] [TD]100.0%
[/TD] [TD]516,331
[/TD] [TD]15.9%
[/TD] [TD]2.730,239
[/TD] [/TD] [TD]84.1%
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]
Total visits
[/TD] [/TD] [TD]6,016,478
[/TD] [TD]100.0%
[/TD] [TD]982.563
[/TD] [TD]16.3%
[/TD] [TD]5,033.915
[/TD] [TD]
83.7%
[/TD] [/TR]
Deaths and Causes of Death
[/TD]In 2020, 6.579 deaths of Cyprus residents and visitors that occurred in Cyprus. A proportion of 53.0% (3,487 deaths) involved men and a proportion of 47.0% (3,092 deaths) involved women. The main causes of death were diseases of the circulatory system (28.5%), neoplasms (24.0%), diseases of the respiratory system (9.5%), diseases of the endocrine glands, nutrition and metabolism (7.6%), and trauma and poisoning from external causes (4.7%). The other causes of death followed with lower rates.
METHODOLOGICAL INFORMATION
Definitions
Inpatient - A person who has passed all procedures for admission to one of the general/rural hospitals and for whom a "Patient File" has been prepared, and stayed in the hospital for treatment for at least one night or was admitted and discharged on the same day.
Outpatient Visit - Is a patient's visit to an outpatient department.
Data Sources and Coverage
Coverage. Until May 2019, medical care in Cyprus was provided through public and private sector health services. From June 2019, the implementation of the GHS started in the first phase at the level of primary care (outpatient visits) and then in June 2020, the implementation of the GHS was extended to secondary (inpatient) care. In this press release, data on primary care from all medical institutions and practices contracted to the GHS are presented, while, data on secondary care are only for medical institutions that are part of the GHS. This was imperative since the data on secondary care for medical institutions outside the SHI was only for the second half of 2020. The data refer to the regions controlled by the State.
Discharges of inpatients. Data on patients admitted for treatment and discharged from OCHS medical institutions (discharges) are collected electronically from all hospitals. All data are sent to the Statistical Service in microdata format and are processed, analysed and tabulated by Service Officers
Outpatient visits. Data on outpatient visits made to all medical institutions and physicians contracted with the GHS are derived from the Health Insurance Agency (HIA) system.
Causes of death. The source for deaths by cause is the Cause of Death File of the Health Monitoring Unit of the Ministry of Health. The total number of deaths recorded in the Causes of Death File includes all deaths that occurred in Cyprus (residents and visitors) and deaths of Cyprus residents that occurred abroad.
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Contact
Eleni Kyriakou: Tel:+35722605114, Tel. ekyriacou@cystat.mof.gov.cy
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