医疗比较
📝 题目
The table below shows medical care in three European countries between 1980 and 2000.
Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
✍️ 参考范文
The table compares three different indicators of medical care in Austria, France and Sweden over the two decades from 1980 to 2000.
Overall, Sweden had the highest number of doctors and hospital beds per 1000 people across the period, while Austria saw the most dramatic growth in beds and a sharp fall in average hospital stay. France was the only country where physician numbers declined over time, and its average length of hospital stays fell steadily.
Looking at physician density, Sweden consistently had the highest figure, rising slightly from 3.6 per 1000 people in 1980 to 3.8 in 2000 after a dip to 3 in 1990. Austria’s number of doctors grew marginally from 0.8 to 1, whereas France’s physician count dropped markedly from 2.4 to 1.3.
For hospital beds, Sweden also had the greatest availability, edging up from 6.4 to 6.9 per 1000 people. Austria’s bed count more than doubled from 1.4 to 3.7, and France saw the fastest growth, from 0.2 to 1.6. In contrast, average hospital stays generally shortened: France saw a continuous fall from 9 to 5 days, Austria plummeted from 18 days in 1980 to 8 days in 2000, and Sweden’s stay length decreased from 23 to 21 days after a low of 18 days in 1990.