Romania

Societatea Romana de Gerontologie si Geriatrie
Romanian Society of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Some facts on demography and geriatrics in Romania…

Total population: 19.015.088 (2024)
Percentage above 65 Yr: 19.7% (2023)
Percentage above 75 Yr: 19.6% (2023)
Percentage above 80 Yr (2023):

• ladies: 5.5%
• males: 2.85%

Life expectancy at birth in Romania 2024 (estimates):

• both genders combined: 76.1 years
• ladies: 79.7 years
• males: 72.6 years

The median age in Romania is 42.9 years (2024)
Rural population (2024): 45.1%
Urban population (2024): 54.9%

Number of physicians:

• 72.740 (2023)
• 3.8 physicians/1.000 population (2023)

Number of geriatricians: 270, 230 ladies and 40 males (2021); 281 (2022); 305 (2023)
Total number of hospital beds: 135.085 beds (2021); 146.336 (2023)
Number of geriatric beds: 1069 (2021 and 2023); 964 public and 105 private

Geriatrics is recognised as a...

• speciality since 1992, >30 years

Geriatric medicine is found in...

• acute care hospitals as acute geriatric wards
• out-patient care settings
• post-acute rehabilitation hospitals/clinics
• nursing homes or long term care facilities

Members of the society

Total number of Members: 200 (active members)
Geriatricians: 193
GP’s: 0
Internists: 0
Nurses: 34
Other therapists: 17

Other activities…

• Since 2007 the Society organizes at least 1 scientific meeting every year, usually in the second half of October.
• Books of Abstracts of the previous Congresses and Conferences can be accessed here!
• Most abstracts are in English language and the programs are bilingual.
• Affiliated Societies: Societatea Tinerilor Medici Geriatri / Society of Young Geriatrician Doctors

List of geriatric chairs and research centres in Romania

• University of Medicine and Pharmacy "Carol Davila" Bucharest - Faculty of Medicine, Department 5, Chair of Geriatrics and Gerontology
• University of Medicine and Pharmacy "Carol Davila" Bucharest - Faculty of Medicine, Department 9, Chair of Geriatrics and Gerontology
• University of Medicine and Pharmacy "Carol Davila" Bucharest - Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery
• University of Medicine and Pharmacy "Iuliu Hatieganu", Cluj-Napoca - Department 6 Medical Specialties - Chair of Geriatrics and Gerontology
• University of Medicine and Pharmacy "Gr.T.Popa", Iasi - Department Medicale I. Chair of Internal Medicine, Nephrology and Geriatrics