Health in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg (Észak-Alföld, Hungary): official figures

Each family doctor in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County served 1,735 residents on average in 2024 (300 GPs and family paediatricians in all), up from 1,673 in 2010; the Hungarian average was 1,744.

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• 1.1% of the physicians' posts needed to run health services in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County were unfilled in 2024 (16 of 1,446), 4th lowest of 20 counties; the national gap was 4.4%. Source: Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH) · saved copy
• Hospitals in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County discharged 18.3 patients per 100 residents in 2024, with an average stay of 7.9 days and beds 69% occupied (national: 21.0 discharges, 7.2 days, 65%). Source: Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH) · saved copy
• Outpatient specialist clinics in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County recorded 567 cases per 100 residents in 2024 (national average 666). Source: Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH) · saved copy
• Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County had 238 registered adult psychiatric patients per 10,000 residents in 2024, compared with 137 nationally. Source: Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH) · saved copy
• The National Ambulance Service ran 18 ambulance stations and 50 ambulances in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County in 2024, carrying out 164 call-outs per 1,000 residents. Source: Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH) · saved copy
• There were 957 accidents at work in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County in 2024 (444 per 100,000 employees, 6th lowest of 20 counties), 4 of them fatal. Source: Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH) · saved copy
• 885 road accidents causing injury happened in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County in 2024, 169 per 100,000 residents, compared with 892 in 2010. Source: Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH) · saved copy
• Pharmacies in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County sold medicines worth 71,587 forints per resident in 2024, with 16.3 prescriptions per person. Source: Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH) · saved copy
• 50% of the 8,153 pregnant women registered by health visitors in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County in 2024 needed special care. Source: Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH) · saved copy

How Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg compares with other counties in Hungary

Residents per family doctor (GPs and family paediatricians) (2024)

Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg ranks 12 of 20, highest first.

Share of physicians' posts in health services left unfilled (2024)

Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg ranks 17 of 20, highest first.

Accidents at work per 100,000 employees (2024)

Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg ranks 15 of 20, highest first.

Road accidents causing personal injury per 100,000 residents (2024)

Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg ranks 6 of 20, highest first.

Hospital beds in use per 10,000 residents (2024)

Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg ranks 16 of 20, highest first.

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Sources

• Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH): Regional Statistical Yearbook of Hungary, 2024: chapter 3.4 Health care, accidents (tables by county, capital and region), read 24 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 b4fc24d7eb67…)

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