F Bermejo1. 1. Servicio de Neurología, Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid, España. fbermejop@meditex.es
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: The published data on neurological resources and the demand for neurological care in Spain were reviewed. Also, this demand was analysed in a specific health district (area 11, Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid). DEVELOPMENT: About 2.5 neurologists per 100,000 inhabitants in Spain was estimated to practice in the National Health Service in 1998. The published demand for first outpatient neurological consultations per 1,000 inhabitants/year in the National Health Service in Spain have a range of 8-35 consultations. The same demand in the health district analyzed was 14.5 consultations per 1,000 inhabitants/year in 1996. CONCLUSIONS: The demand for neurological care is high in Spain and will increase in the future mainly due to the population aging; the resources of neurologists and neurological beds would be adequate to this increasing neurological demands.
OBJECTIVES: The published data on neurological resources and the demand for neurological care in Spain were reviewed. Also, this demand was analysed in a specific health district (area 11, Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid). DEVELOPMENT: About 2.5 neurologists per 100,000 inhabitants in Spain was estimated to practice in the National Health Service in 1998. The published demand for first outpatient neurological consultations per 1,000 inhabitants/year in the National Health Service in Spain have a range of 8-35 consultations. The same demand in the health district analyzed was 14.5 consultations per 1,000 inhabitants/year in 1996. CONCLUSIONS: The demand for neurological care is high in Spain and will increase in the future mainly due to the population aging; the resources of neurologists and neurological beds would be adequate to this increasing neurological demands.