Curative (acute) care beds: 383,640 (2024)

383,640 (curative (acute) care beds, 2024). OECD 'curative care beds' (HC1) strips out Korea's long-term-care and rehabilitation beds, which is why it is only 59% of the OECD Korean total (646,839) and 55% of the MOHW licensed total (703,784). Use HC1 for acute comparisons with New Zealand (11,108) and against Japan's 一般病床 only with care, since Japan's category is legal rather than functional. The MOHW-based acute equivalent (상급종합 46,269 + 종합병원 113,563 + 병원 137,860 = 297,692) is a derivation, not a published figure, and is on a licensed rather than functional basis.

Supporting location REF_AREA=KOR, HEALTH_FUNCTION='HC1: Curative care', CARE_TYPE='_T: Total', UNIT_MEASURE='BD: Beds', TIME_PERIOD=2024 (7.41 per 1,000 inhabitants; 2023 = 382,692)

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