Egypt : Complete Profile - What is GIS - World Health Organization
Egypt : Complete Profile - What is GIS - World Health Organization
Egypt : Complete Profile - What is GIS - World Health Organization
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<strong>Health</strong> Systems <strong>Profile</strong>- <strong>Egypt</strong> Regional <strong>Health</strong> Systems Observatory- EMRO<br />
MCH centers 199 0 0.00<br />
Specialized Medical Centers (SMC) 24 4,818 3.17<br />
Specialized hospitals and centers 0.00<br />
One-day surgery hospitals 12 711 0.47<br />
Cancer centers 8 529 0.35<br />
<strong>Organization</strong>s * 69 17,596 11.56<br />
Teaching hospitals and institutes (THO) 18 5,639 3.71<br />
Curative Care <strong>Organization</strong> (CCO) 11 2,129 1.40<br />
<strong>Health</strong> Insurance <strong>Organization</strong> (HIO) 40 9,828 6.46<br />
Other min<strong>is</strong>tries’ hospitals 119 29,851 19.62<br />
University (medical schools) 71 25,891 17.01<br />
Police and pr<strong>is</strong>on 26 1,382 0.91<br />
Others(companies, organizations , factories) 22 2,578 1.69<br />
Private hospitals 1,329 26,223 17.23<br />
Total<br />
Source: NICHP-MOHP,2005.<br />
*under superv<strong>is</strong>ion of MOHP.<br />
2,683 152,172 100.00<br />
<strong>Egypt</strong> has large hospitals with an occupancy rate as low as 48% and a large number of<br />
small inpatient facilities with bed capacity of less than 50 beds. The MOHP <strong>is</strong> the single<br />
largest institutional provider of health care services in <strong>Egypt</strong> with an extensive network<br />
of over 4,000 facilities at primary, secondary, and tertiary level. University hospitals have<br />
the second largest bed capacity in <strong>Egypt</strong> accounting for 17.01% of total bed capacity in<br />
the country. University hospitals and the specialized medical centers are the main<br />
providers of tertiary health care services in the country and are mostly concentrated in<br />
urban areas. In 2005, the private sector had a total of 1,329 inpatient facilities cons<strong>is</strong>ting<br />
of 26,223 beds and accounting for 17.23 % of total bed capacity in <strong>Egypt</strong> (2005, MOHP).<br />
<strong>Health</strong> Insurance <strong>Organization</strong> (HIO) <strong>is</strong> another major provider of inpatient care in<br />
<strong>Egypt</strong>. In 2005, HIO had 40 facilities cons<strong>is</strong>ting of 9,828 beds.<br />
The number of beds in <strong>Egypt</strong> has increased steadily over the last ten years, with the<br />
largest increase occurring in the private sector. Table 8.2.2 shows the change in bed<br />
capacity by provider in 1991, 1997 and 2001.<br />
Table 8.2.2: Change in hospital beds by type of provider<br />
Type of hospitals<br />
MOHP(urban andrural<br />
hospitals)<br />
78<br />
year<br />
change(2005<br />
vs.1991)<br />
1,991 1,997 2,001 2,005 Number %<br />
65,674 70,470 81,356 78,502 12,828 16.34<br />
THO 4,501 4,753 5,404 5,639 1,138 20.18<br />
CCO 4,799 5,477 2,127 2,129 -2,670<br />
-<br />
125.41<br />
HIO 4,871 6,380 8,301 9,828 4,957 50.44
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