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Hospitals with a dental department: Japan, 2024
Dental Market Radar Editorial Team · Updated · Data as of
Japan had 1,238 hospitals with a dental department in 2024, according to MHLW Survey of Medical Institutions 2024. Basis: other.
Comparability B Confidence medium
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MHLW. (2026). Hospitals with a dental department: Japan, as of 2024-10-01 [Data set]. Compiled by Dental Market Radar. https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/jp/hospitals-with-dental-dept/2024/
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Record
- Value
- 1,238 facilities
- Unit
- facilities
- As of
- Accessed
- Revision
- 1
- Confidence
- medium
- Method
- derived
- Basis
- other
- Scope
- other
- Comparability
- Comparability B B: close to the metric definition; the difference is noted
- Status
- Latest record for this market and metric
Source quote
40 歯科 1 071 1 078 △ 7 △ 0.6 15.3 167 168 △ 1 △ 0.6 15.8
English: Dentistry (歯科): general hospitals 1,071 (2023: 1,078), 15.3% of general hospitals; psychiatric hospitals 167 (2023: 168), 15.8%.
Locator: Table 5 row 40 歯科
Local definition
Hospitals that advertise 歯科 as a clinical department (multiple departments counted per hospital)
Source
MHLW: Survey of Medical Institutions 2024 (Overview of results). Registry entry: mhlw-iryosd-2024.
Notes
Derived: hospitals listing "歯科" among their clinical departments: general hospitals 1,071 + psychiatric hospitals 167 = 1,238 (Table 5, double counting across departments). Hospitals listing only 歯科口腔外科 (1,034 + 10), 小児歯科 (140 + 4) or 矯正歯科 (133 + 3) may not be counted. Replaces earlier null.
Metric definition
Hospitals with a dental department All markets for this metric.
History
| Year | Value | Basis | As of | Comparability | Source | Series break |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1,238 facilities | other | Comparability B | Survey of Medical Institutions 2024 (Overview of results) |
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