Central Denmark Region and our hospitals play a significant role in the Danish healthcare system.

Leading the transformation of the health care 

Having a new born in Central Denmark Region means having a digital care guide that optimizes the flow of communication with and for parents during the proces. The aim is to provide this digital tool as a communication platform between patients and clinical staff widely cross the hosptials in the region. Photo: Rune Borre-Jensen, Central Denmark Region.

- providing citizens and clinicians with data-driven solutions to optimize health care.   

Central Denmark Region and our hospitals play a significant role in the Danish healthcare system.

The Danish health care system is world-class and characterized by a high degree of specialization, technological solutions and digitization as well as a long-standing tradition for systematic collection of data in local as well as national databases and registries with extremely high validity and completeness.

Using evidence-based and data-driven solutions is our key to transform health care in a society characterized by a high level of public digitisation facing a constant demand to improve health for more citizens for less money. 

 

Central Denmark Region in numbers

  • Central Denmark Region operates 10 somatic hospitals including Aarhus University Hospital, eight psychiatric hospital departments and prehospital services etc. 
     
  • Central Denmark Region has approx. 30,000 employees 
     
  • In 2020, our hospitals served approx. 2.2 million outpatients and performed 200,000+ surgical procedures  
     
  • Central Denmark Region has a gross budget of 32.7 billion DKK (2020). 

Geography

  • Central Denmark Region covers 19 municipalities and an area of 13,000 square kilometres 
     
  • Central Denmark Region has a population of 1.3 million people - approx. 23% of the population in Denmark
      
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