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Home nursing

What is the average number of citizens per month receiving home nursing services in Denmark, and how many days of home nursing are provided? Additionally, an overview of the prevalence of home nursing is available, categorized by gender, as well as how the numbers vary from municipality to municipality.

Selected statistics on Home nursing

This page shows selected popular statistics on the subject of Home nursing. In Statbank Denmark, you can find more data and compile your own statistics.

Recipients of home nursing in their own homes, categorized by gender

Here you can assess the number of people receiving home nursing in their own home, categorized by gender (Monthly average).
More about the figure
Last update
12.12.2025
Next update
25.6.2027
Source data

The actual published indicators are based on following sources: In general, information from the municipalities’ care systems (in Danish, EOJ) is used to calculate the indicators. Statistics Denmark receives the data on either monthly or yearly basis.

Acute readmissions are based on Register for Patients from the Agency of Health.

To calculate a total for the country regarding referral hours at nursing homes, rehabilitation and preventative home visits, the population register from Statistics Denmark is used. The register includes and describes people who live in Denmark, in detail, on the basis of the available information from the register of personal identity numbers.

To calculate the quality of service, a sample based on telephone interviews and personal interviews is used. The Ministry of Health has been responsible for the investigation which in the future will be performed by The Danish Health Data Authority.

The agreement of documentation at the elderly area includes a number of impact indicators and background indicators. The majority of the effect indicators will be collected every second year via a national sample-based user survey, while the majority of the background indicators will be based on individual-based data obtained directly from the municipalities' care systems rather than manually aggregated information. It is agreed that the documentation regarding the elderly area must be anchored and compiled in Statistics Denmark.

Home nursing provided

Here you can assess the number of days with home nursing services provided (Monthly average).

More about the figure
Last update
12.12.2025
Next update
25.6.2027
Source data

The actual published indicators are based on following sources: In general, information from the municipalities’ care systems (in Danish, EOJ) is used to calculate the indicators. Statistics Denmark receives the data on either monthly or yearly basis.

Acute readmissions are based on Register for Patients from the Agency of Health.

To calculate a total for the country regarding referral hours at nursing homes, rehabilitation and preventative home visits, the population register from Statistics Denmark is used. The register includes and describes people who live in Denmark, in detail, on the basis of the available information from the register of personal identity numbers.

To calculate the quality of service, a sample based on telephone interviews and personal interviews is used. The Ministry of Health has been responsible for the investigation which in the future will be performed by The Danish Health Data Authority.

The agreement of documentation at the elderly area includes a number of impact indicators and background indicators. The majority of the effect indicators will be collected every second year via a national sample-based user survey, while the majority of the background indicators will be based on individual-based data obtained directly from the municipalities' care systems rather than manually aggregated information. It is agreed that the documentation regarding the elderly area must be anchored and compiled in Statistics Denmark.

Recipients of home nursing in their own homes, categorized by municipality

Here you can assess the number of people receiving home nursing in their own home, categorized by municipality (Monthly average).

More about the figure
Last update
12.12.2025
Next update
25.6.2027
Source data

The actual published indicators are based on following sources: In general, information from the municipalities’ care systems (in Danish, EOJ) is used to calculate the indicators. Statistics Denmark receives the data on either monthly or yearly basis.

Acute readmissions are based on Register for Patients from the Agency of Health.

To calculate a total for the country regarding referral hours at nursing homes, rehabilitation and preventative home visits, the population register from Statistics Denmark is used. The register includes and describes people who live in Denmark, in detail, on the basis of the available information from the register of personal identity numbers.

To calculate the quality of service, a sample based on telephone interviews and personal interviews is used. The Ministry of Health has been responsible for the investigation which in the future will be performed by The Danish Health Data Authority.

The agreement of documentation at the elderly area includes a number of impact indicators and background indicators. The majority of the effect indicators will be collected every second year via a national sample-based user survey, while the majority of the background indicators will be based on individual-based data obtained directly from the municipalities' care systems rather than manually aggregated information. It is agreed that the documentation regarding the elderly area must be anchored and compiled in Statistics Denmark.

Home nursing provided categorized by municipality

Here you can assess the average number of days with home nursing services provided categorized by municipality (Monthly average).

More about the figure
Last update
12.12.2025
Next update
25.6.2027
Source data

The actual published indicators are based on following sources: In general, information from the municipalities’ care systems (in Danish, EOJ) is used to calculate the indicators. Statistics Denmark receives the data on either monthly or yearly basis.

Acute readmissions are based on Register for Patients from the Agency of Health.

To calculate a total for the country regarding referral hours at nursing homes, rehabilitation and preventative home visits, the population register from Statistics Denmark is used. The register includes and describes people who live in Denmark, in detail, on the basis of the available information from the register of personal identity numbers.

To calculate the quality of service, a sample based on telephone interviews and personal interviews is used. The Ministry of Health has been responsible for the investigation which in the future will be performed by The Danish Health Data Authority.

The agreement of documentation at the elderly area includes a number of impact indicators and background indicators. The majority of the effect indicators will be collected every second year via a national sample-based user survey, while the majority of the background indicators will be based on individual-based data obtained directly from the municipalities' care systems rather than manually aggregated information. It is agreed that the documentation regarding the elderly area must be anchored and compiled in Statistics Denmark.

On the statistics – documentation, sources and method

Gain an overview of the purpose, contents and quality of the statistics. Learn about the data sources of the statistics, the contents of the statistics and how often they are published.

See the documentation of statistics to learn more:

Social benefits for senior citizens

The purpose of these statistics is to display the quality level of municipal services in the elderly care. The statistics are a part of a cross-public cooperation, intended to ensure coherent documentation of important areas of municipal service, as well as to increase the comparability of the services provided in the different municipalities. The statistics are used to determine impact targets, frameworks and results requirements for key management initiatives and are comparable from 2008 onwards. Statistics Denmark is responsible for the composition and publication of the statistics.

Need more data on Home nursing?

For more information, see StatBank, where you can find more detailed data on nursing home residents, recipients of rehabilitative and maintenance training, and waiting times for care housing.

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