Figures compiled by Université Saint-Joseph, the World Health Organization and the Ministry of Public Health show that that there were 164 private and public hospitals in Lebanon in 2011, that include 135 private hospitals, 28 public ones and a single military hospital. Further, 116 private hospitals accommodate patients for short- and medium-term stays and 19 private hospitals admit them for long-term stays, while all public hospitals admit patients for short- and medium-term stays. Also, Lebanese hospitals had a total of 15,342 beds at the end of 2011, including 12,648 beds, or 82.4% of the total, at private hospitals; 2,550 beds (16.6% of the total) at public hospitals; and 144 beds (1% of the total) at the military hospital.
Further, there were 54 private hospitals in Lebanon with 50 beds or less, 45 private hospitals that have between 51 and 100 beds; 26 private hospitals that have between 101 and 200 beds; and 10 private hospitals that have more than 200 beds. In parallel, there were 13 university hospitals in Lebanon last year, of which 12 were private and one was public.
The geographical distribution of hospitals shows that the Metn area had 44 private and public hospitals, and accounted for 26.8% of total hospitals in Lebanon last year. It was followed by the North with 28 hospitals (17.1%), the Bekaa with 24 hospitals (14.6%), Beirut with 22 hospitals (13.4%), the South with 20 hospitals (12.2%), the Chouf and Aley areas with 12 hospitals (7.3%), the Keserwan and Jbeil region with 9 hospitals (5.5%), and Nabatieh with 5 hospitals (3%). Further, Metn hospitals had 4,686 beds or 30.5% of total hospital beds in Lebanon in 2011, followed by Beirut with 3,350 beds (21.8%), the North with 2,027 beds (13.2%), the South with 1,766 (11.5%), the Bekaa with 1,701 beds (11.1%), the Chouf and Aley areas with 782 beds (5.1%), the Keserwan and Jbeil region with 665 beds (4.3%) and Nabatieh with 365 beds (2.4%).
Further, the Metn area had 38 private hospitals with 4,256 beds and 6 public hospitals with 430 beds. It was followed by the North with 21 private hospitals (1,572 beds) and 7 public hospitals (455 beds), Beirut with 19 private hospitals (2,611 beds) and 2 public hospitals (595 beds), the Bekaa with 19 private hospitals (1,231 beds) and 5 public hospitals (470 beds) and the South with 17 private hospitals (1,531 beds) and 3 public hospitals (235 beds). All hospitals in the Chouf and Aley regions are private and those in Nabatieh are public.
Université Saint-Joseph, World Health Organization, The Ministry of Public Health – Byblos Bank Research
17 December
