Which EU regions have the highest and lowest hospital concentration?
Germans have the shortest drives to get to the nearest hospitals but which EU residents face the longest journeys to access healthcare?
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Germans have the shortest drives to get to the nearest hospitals but which EU residents face the longest journeys to access healthcare?
READ MORE : http://www.euronews.com/2025/04/10/which-eu-regions-have-the-highest-and-lowest-hospital-concentration
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00:00Which European regions have the highest hospital concentration?
00:09The European Union has a good concentration of hospitals.
00:13More than 83% of the population lives within a 15-minute drive of the nearest medical facility.
00:21However, some places are not that lucky.
00:25In 97 EU administrations, over 50% of residents need to take longer journeys to access healthcare.
00:34Most of these departments, 21, are in Romania, 15 are in Greece, 9 in both Croatia and Spain, 8 in Poland and 6 each in Ireland, Portugal and Slovenia.
00:49And, in a small group of 7 provinces, only 10% of patients live within a 15-minute drive, 4 of them are in Greece and 3 in Romania.
01:01At the other end of the spectrum, there are 124 administrations where 100% of the population lives within that 15-minute range.
01:1377% of those are in Germany, mostly in the western and southern parts of the country.
01:21Neighboring Belgium and the Netherlands follow with 6 provinces each, trailed by France and Greece with 4.