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The list below is a database that contains hospitals in Romania. All public hospitals receive funding from the Ministry of Health. Romania has a universal healthcare system, hence all public hospitals are charge-free and available to each citizen of the European Union. There are 425 operational hospitals across the country. At the moment, there are 6.2 hospital beds available per 1000 citizens.

As a result of the European recession, the executive has decided to shut down 67 hospitals nationwide.

Classification

In Romania, each hospital is assigned to a certain city, town, region or medical university.

A dispensary (dispensar in Romanian) is common out in the countryside. They do not have the facilities or labor power of a hospital, but some famous dispensaries appear in the list below.

A town hospital (spital orășenesc in Romanian) is a hospital where residents of a particular town are being admitted into. Such hospitals are able to sustain most medical emergencies and common surgeries.

A municipal hospital (spital municipal in Romanian) is a hospital where residents of a particular municipality are being admitted into. Such hospitals usually have a greater bed capacity than a town hospital.

A county hospital (spital județean in Romanian) is a hospital where citizens from all over the county are being brought in. If the procedure cannot be performed into a town hospital, the patients are being admitted in a hospital as such. This kind of hospital has a wide range of departments and a high bedding capacity.

A university hospital (spital universitar in Romanian) is a hospital ascribed to a medical university. Such hospitals have a state-of-the-art medical technologies and tend to perform experimental operations.

A sanatorium (sanatoriu in Romanian) is a recovery facility where patients with a chronic disease are being admitted into shortly before treatment.

A private hospital is a hospital that only operates with people that own a private medical insurance. Such hospitals have a closed circuit network and differ from the public hospitals.

Active hospitals

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This list has been created with information provided by the Romanian Ministry of Health.

References

1. Classification of hospitals Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine
2. In Romania, there are 18300 churches and only 425 hospitals
3. Less hospital beds for ill citizens
4. Why are hospitals closing? Is there any other solution ...
5. List of the hospitals closed down by the government on Friday
6. Hospitals: 8211 extract from the law regarding the Health Reform
7. Hospital Classification Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine
8. E-spitale

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• Lists of buildings and structures in Romania
• Lists of hospitals in Europe