Secondary medical area

常陸太田・ひたちなか area profile

This planning area groups municipalities in Ibaraki Prefecture. Its facility values describe providers located within the area; they do not measure where residents receive care or travel for treatment.

Published figures

Constituent municipalities
6
Municipalities with listed hospitals
6
Listed hospitals
19
Grouped by facility location
Reported beds
2,211
Reported values from 19 of 19 listed hospitals are included; hospitals without a reported total are excluded from the sum. The source field does not say whether beds are licensed, staffed, available or occupied.
Hospital data reference period
1 June 2026
Resident population
344,732
Available for 6 constituent municipalities
Listed hospitals per 100,000 residents
5.51
Provider-location numerator and resident-population denominator; not a measure of access or capacity

Constituent municipalities

The list follows the official area-to-municipality mapping. Municipality and facility counts are presented at their published geographic units; no resident-utilization estimate is inferred.

  • ひたちなか市 · 5 listed hospitals · 500 reported beds from 5 hospitals with reported values
  • 那珂市 · 4 listed hospitals · 530 reported beds from 4 hospitals with reported values
  • 常陸太田市 · 3 listed hospitals · 238 reported beds from 3 hospitals with reported values
  • 久慈郡 / 大子町 · 3 listed hospitals · 217 reported beds from 3 hospitals with reported values
  • 常陸大宮市 · 2 listed hospitals · 326 reported beds from 2 hospitals with reported values
  • 那珂郡 / 東海村 · 2 listed hospitals · 400 reported beds from 2 hospitals with reported values

Sources and reference periods

Source titles and official records may be in Japanese. Dates and geographic units are shown separately for each source.

  • Municipality membership follows the official table as of 1 October 2024 and is matched using five-digit municipality codes.
  • Facility, resident-population, bed-function, outpatient-function, DPC and physician figures are descriptive aggregations. Each retains its own reference period and reporting scope.
  • These figures do not indicate healthcare quality, need, adequacy, shortage, access, recommendation or rank.
  • Facility-level datasets are not joined unless the source and product contract support that join.