Mátészalka — primary care at a glance

Where is it?

District seats

Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg county, Mátészalkai district (highlighted). Thin lines are district (járás) borders, small dots district seats. A dashed line is not a route but a connection: its label gives the driving time by road. Here in the settlement: GP, Dentist, Central on-call, Hospital, Pharmacy.

Who lives here?

Mátészalka: age groups

aged 0–14 14.0% 2,185−0.5%
aged 15–64 64.5% 10,094−0.4%
over 65 21.6% 3,374+0.9%

Pyramid: men and women

Bar lengths are measured against the settlement's largest group.

33 older people (over 65) / 100 of working age 32 nationally

22 children (aged 0–14) / 100 of working age

154 older people — ageing index / 100 children more older people than children

53.1% of residents are women 7,341 men · 8,312 women

Source: KSH, 2022 census (CC BY 4.0). The shares above refer to the census population of 15,653; the 14,848 at the top of the page comes from KSH's latest gazetteer, so the two differ.

How do people live here?

Income, work, births and deaths, moving away — the settlement beside its járás, its county and the median Hungarian settlement. These are the reasons a district is hard to fill, and the reasons people here die sooner.

Income per resident

3.04 m Fta year, 2024

Mátészalka 3.04 m Ft

Mátészalkai járás 2.11 m Ft

Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg 2.27 m Ft

median settlement 2.22 m Ft

540 in every 1,000 residents pay personal income tax.

Share of jobseekers

3.5%331 registered jobseekers of 9,342 of working age, September 2026

Mátészalka 3.5%

Mátészalkai járás 6.5%

Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg 5.8%

country 3.6%

22% of them have been looking for over a year.

Births and deaths

−4.3‰per 1,000 residents, 2022–2025 average

Mátészalka −4.3‰

Mátészalkai járás −2.9‰

Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg −2.6‰

median settlement −4.8‰

Births minus deaths. A negative number means more people die than are born.

Moving in and out

−12.8‰per 1,000 residents, 2022–2025 average

Mátészalka −12.8‰

Mátészalkai járás −6.3‰

Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg −7.1‰

median settlement −0.4‰

People moving in minus people moving out, within the country. A negative number means more leave than arrive.

Patient visits per GP

13,976a year, 2025

Mátészalka 13,976

Mátészalkai járás 41,520

Surgery visits, home visits and telemedicine together. Where districts nearby are empty, the remaining doctors carry more.

According to the census (2022)

● this settlement | járás | county | country

Adults over 20 with a degree 25.1%

Employed, of those over 15 55.6%

No digital activity at all (over 6) 17.5%

Half-comfort, no-comfort or emergency dwelling 2.5%

Households where everyone is over 65 23.8%

Settlement data of the 2022 KSH census. Digital skills show how far a phone consultation or an e-prescription can stand in for a surgery; a household of only the old has no one to drive a patient.

What to expect here in a year?

80%

GP care

80% chance that in 12 months at least one of the 13 districts serving this settlement is vacant; 1 are vacant today.

5%

Dental care

5% chance that in 12 months at least one of the 6 districts serving this settlement is vacant.

A forecast, not a prophecy: from the past risk of filled districts and the past refill pace of vacant ones. It is about the settlement, never about a particular doctor.

Mátészalkai járás a year from now

6.7GP districts expected vacant in 12 months; 6 of 37 today

now6

in 12 months 6.7

Expected: 1.1 districts falling vacant and 0.5 filled; the 90% band is 4.7–8.7. A forecast, not a promise: from the past risk of filled districts and the past refill pace of vacant ones.

Avoidable mortality in Mátészalkai járás: 544 per 100,000 (2024); the rural median is 450.

This is a járás figure: NNGYK publishes no settlement-level avoidable mortality, because so few deaths cannot give a reliable rate. The járás's health data →

In a small settlement a few births or moves shift the rate a lot, so the vital statistics are four-year averages; for the smallest villages they still need reading with care.

Sources: KSH TIMEA (income from NAV data), KSH 2022 census, NFSZ settlement data, NNGYK mortality database, NEAK grant winners and monthly data; the forecast is our own calculation.

At street level

Exactly where they are: the staffed surgeries with the doctor's name, the pharmacies, and whatever else is in the settlement. The map loads only on a click, so the page stays readable at once.

Dental surgeryGP surgeryPharmacyCentral on-call serviceAmbulance stationPatient transportDialysisOutpatient clinicHospitalMedical aids

The points are geocoded addresses (Nominatim/OpenStreetMap), not a survey on the ground: where an address is imprecise the marker falls on the settlement centre, and its bubble says so. Map: © MapTiler, data: © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Is there a doctor?

GP care

Has a staffed district. Has a vacant district.

Served by 12 staffed and 1 vacant or dissolved districts.

A district has its seat here.

Dental care

Has a staffed district.

Served by 6 staffed and 0 vacant or dissolved districts.

GPs in the settlement 12 Dr. Balla Ferenc · Dr. Gergely Nándor · Dr. Ilku Magdolna · +9

several doctors work at 5 addresses — marked ⧉; grouping shows them.

NEAK codeDoctorDistrictSurgery addressSinceEESZT licence

150090086 Dr. Balla Ferenc adult 4700 Mátészalka, Kölcsey u. 19.⧉ 7 years or longer yes

150090088 Dr. Gergely Nándor adult 4700 Mátészalka, Kálvin tér 7.⧉ 7 years or longer yes

150090264 Dr. Ilku Magdolna adult 4700 Mátészalka, Szatmár u. 48.⧉ 7 years or longer matched

150090085 Dr. Király Timea adult 4700 Mátészalka, Kálvin tér 7.⧉ 7 years or longer yes

150090087 Dr. Kárpáti József adult 4700 Mátészalka, Eötvös u. 1.⧉ 7 years or longer yes

150090089 Dr. Lakatos Béla adult 4700 Mátészalka, Kálvin tér 7.⧉ 7 years or longer yes

150090284 Dr. Lelkesi Anita adult 4700 Mátészalka, Eötvös u. 1.⧉ 7 years or longer yes

150090091 Dr. Láposi Szilárd Tibor adult 4700 Mátészalka, Kölcsey u. 19.⧉ 7 years or longer yes

150090090 Dr. Ungvári Zsigmond adult 4700 Mátészalka, Szatmár u. 48.⧉ 7 years or longer matched

150095015 Dr. Kiss Anikó children's 4700 Mátészalka, Kölcsey u. 4.⧉ 7 years or longer yes

150095014 Dr. Szászi István children's 4700 Mátészalka, Kölcsey u. 4.⧉ 7 years or longer yes

150095016 Dr. Órendi Judit children's 4700 Mátészalka, Kölcsey u. 4.⧉ 7 years or longer yes

4700 Mátészalka, Kálvin tér 7. 3 doctors

150090088 Dr. Gergely Nándor adult 4700 Mátészalka, Kálvin tér 7. 7 years or longer yes

150090085 Dr. Király Timea adult 4700 Mátészalka, Kálvin tér 7. 7 years or longer yes

150090089 Dr. Lakatos Béla adult 4700 Mátészalka, Kálvin tér 7. 7 years or longer yes

4700 Mátészalka, Kölcsey u. 4. 3 doctors

150095015 Dr. Kiss Anikó children's 4700 Mátészalka, Kölcsey u. 4. 7 years or longer yes

150095016 Dr. Órendi Judit children's 4700 Mátészalka, Kölcsey u. 4. 7 years or longer yes

150095014 Dr. Szászi István children's 4700 Mátészalka, Kölcsey u. 4. 7 years or longer yes

4700 Mátészalka, Eötvös u. 1. 2 doctors

150090087 Dr. Kárpáti József adult 4700 Mátészalka, Eötvös u. 1. 7 years or longer yes

150090284 Dr. Lelkesi Anita adult 4700 Mátészalka, Eötvös u. 1. 7 years or longer yes

4700 Mátészalka, Kölcsey u. 19. 2 doctors

150090086 Dr. Balla Ferenc adult 4700 Mátészalka, Kölcsey u. 19. 7 years or longer yes

150090091 Dr. Láposi Szilárd Tibor adult 4700 Mátészalka, Kölcsey u. 19. 7 years or longer yes

4700 Mátészalka, Szatmár u. 48. 2 doctors

150090264 Dr. Ilku Magdolna adult 4700 Mátészalka, Szatmár u. 48. 7 years or longer matched

150090090 Dr. Ungvári Zsigmond adult 4700 Mátészalka, Szatmár u. 48. 7 years or longer matched

Dr. Balla Ferenc 1 districts

150090086 Dr. Balla Ferenc adult 4700 Mátészalka, Kölcsey u. 19. 7 years or longer yes

Dr. Gergely Nándor 1 districts

150090088 Dr. Gergely Nándor adult 4700 Mátészalka, Kálvin tér 7. 7 years or longer yes

Dr. Ilku Magdolna 1 districts

150090264 Dr. Ilku Magdolna adult 4700 Mátészalka, Szatmár u. 48. 7 years or longer matched

Dr. Kárpáti József 1 districts

150090087 Dr. Kárpáti József adult 4700 Mátészalka, Eötvös u. 1. 7 years or longer yes

Dr. Király Timea 1 districts

150090085 Dr. Király Timea adult 4700 Mátészalka, Kálvin tér 7. 7 years or longer yes

Dr. Kiss Anikó 1 districts

150095015 Dr. Kiss Anikó children's 4700 Mátészalka, Kölcsey u. 4. 7 years or longer yes

Dr. Lakatos Béla 1 districts

150090089 Dr. Lakatos Béla adult 4700 Mátészalka, Kálvin tér 7. 7 years or longer yes

Dr. Láposi Szilárd Tibor 1 districts

150090091 Dr. Láposi Szilárd Tibor adult 4700 Mátészalka, Kölcsey u. 19. 7 years or longer yes

Dr. Lelkesi Anita 1 districts

150090284 Dr. Lelkesi Anita adult 4700 Mátészalka, Eötvös u. 1. 7 years or longer yes

Dr. Órendi Judit 1 districts

150095016 Dr. Órendi Judit children's 4700 Mátészalka, Kölcsey u. 4. 7 years or longer yes

Dr. Szászi István 1 districts

150095014 Dr. Szászi István children's 4700 Mátészalka, Kölcsey u. 4. 7 years or longer yes

Dr. Ungvári Zsigmond 1 districts

150090090 Dr. Ungvári Zsigmond adult 4700 Mátészalka, Szatmár u. 48. 7 years or longer matched

Dentists in the settlement 6 Dr. Balogh Erika · Dr. Jakab Katalin · Dr. Koncz Sándor · +3

several doctors work at 1 addresses — marked ⧉; grouping shows them.

NEAK codeDoctorDistrictSurgery addressSinceEESZT licence

150096124 Dr. Balogh Erika mixed 4700 Mátészalka, Kölcsey u. 12.⧉ 9 years or longer yes

150096121 Dr. Jakab Katalin mixed 4700 Mátészalka, Tompa u. 3. 9 years or longer yes

150096125 Dr. Koncz Sándor mixed 4700 Mátészalka, Petőfi u. 14. 9 years or longer yes

150096123 Dr. Vacaru Robert mixed 4700 Mátészalka, Kölcsey u. 12.⧉ 7 years yes

150096127 Dr. Varga Gabriella school 4700 Mátészalka, Kölcsey u. 12.⧉ 9 years or longer yes

150096139 Lengyelné Dr. Ignácz Magdolna school 4700 Mátészalka, Kölcsey u. 12.⧉ 9 years or longer yes

4700 Mátészalka, Kölcsey u. 12. 4 doctors

150096124 Dr. Balogh Erika mixed 4700 Mátészalka, Kölcsey u. 12. 9 years or longer yes

150096123 Dr. Vacaru Robert mixed 4700 Mátészalka, Kölcsey u. 12. 7 years yes

150096127 Dr. Varga Gabriella school 4700 Mátészalka, Kölcsey u. 12. 9 years or longer yes

150096139 Lengyelné Dr. Ignácz Magdolna school 4700 Mátészalka, Kölcsey u. 12. 9 years or longer yes

4700 Mátészalka, Petőfi u. 14. 1 doctors

150096125 Dr. Koncz Sándor mixed 4700 Mátészalka, Petőfi u. 14. 9 years or longer yes

4700 Mátészalka, Tompa u. 3. 1 doctors

150096121 Dr. Jakab Katalin mixed 4700 Mátészalka, Tompa u. 3. 9 years or longer yes

Dr. Balogh Erika 1 districts

150096124 Dr. Balogh Erika mixed 4700 Mátészalka, Kölcsey u. 12. 9 years or longer yes

Dr. Jakab Katalin 1 districts

150096121 Dr. Jakab Katalin mixed 4700 Mátészalka, Tompa u. 3. 9 years or longer yes

Dr. Koncz Sándor 1 districts

150096125 Dr. Koncz Sándor mixed 4700 Mátészalka, Petőfi u. 14. 9 years or longer yes

Dr. Vacaru Robert 1 districts

150096123 Dr. Vacaru Robert mixed 4700 Mátészalka, Kölcsey u. 12. 7 years yes

Dr. Varga Gabriella 1 districts

150096127 Dr. Varga Gabriella school 4700 Mátészalka, Kölcsey u. 12. 9 years or longer yes

Lengyelné Dr. Ignácz Magdolna 1 districts

150096139 Lengyelné Dr. Ignácz Magdolna school 4700 Mátészalka, Kölcsey u. 12. 9 years or longer yes

The doctor's name comes from NEAK's register of contracted providers and is shown only for staffed districts. “Since” comes from our own archive (monthly NEAK snapshots kept since 2017-10), not from a start date NEAK publishes; no public source gives surgery hours.

What is vacant

Vacant is not the same as unserved: substitution does not show in public data.

Vacant and dissolved districts that serve this settlement 1

NEAK code	Branch	District	Status	Since	Seat
150095013	GP	children's	persistently vacant	March 2026 (< 1 year)	here

“Since” is the first month on NEAK's vacancy list. A vacant district is never named with a doctor, and substitution does not show in public data.

Health visitors

Health visitor service 11 6 territorial · 5 school

Address	Provider	Services
4700 Mátészalka, Baross László út 9-11	Szatmári Egyesített Szociális és Egészségügyi Alapellátási Intézmények, Mátészalka	1
4700 Mátészalka, Kazinczy út 7	Szatmári Egyesített Szociális és Egészségügyi Alapellátási Intézmények, Mátészalka	1
4700 Mátészalka, Kölcsey út 12	Szatmári Egyesített Szociális és Egészségügyi Alapellátási Intézmények, Mátészalka	1
4700 Mátészalka, Móricz Zs. út 96-98	Szatmári Egyesített Szociális és Egészségügyi Alapellátási Intézmények, Mátészalka	1
4700 Mátészalka, Szokolay Örs út 2-4	Szatmári Egyesített Szociális és Egészségügyi Alapellátási Intézmények, Mátészalka	1
4700 Mátészalka, Puskin utca 2	Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg Vármegyei Oktatókh.	6

No public register names the health visitor — the service and its provider, yes; the person, no. (Doctors' names, too, are shown only for staffed districts, from NEAK's own publication.)

How far?

By car in free-flowing traffic on the OpenStreetMap road network — with the straight-line distance beside it, because the two are not the same.

GP surgery 0.3 min here

Dental surgery 0 min here

Central on-call service 1.7 min here

Ambulance station 0.6 min here

Hospital 1.7 min here

Outpatient clinic 0.6 min here

Medical aids 0.5 min here

Pharmacy 0 min here

Emergency department 1.7 min here

Care	Drive	Straight line	Where
GP surgery	0.3 min	0.1 km	here
Dental surgery	0 min	0 km	here
Central on-call service	1.7 min	1.2 km	here
Ambulance station	0.6 min	0.4 km	here
Hospital	1.7 min	1.2 km	here
Outpatient clinic	0.6 min	0.4 km	here
Medical aids	0.5 min	0.1 km	here
Pharmacy	0 min	0 km	here
Emergency department	1.7 min	1.2 km	here

5 medical-aid outlets operate in the settlement.

Pharmacy

Pharmacy	Address
Borostyán Gyógyszertár	4700 Mátészalka, Kórház U. 2-4.
Csillag	4700 Mátészalka, Bajcsy Zs. U. 22.
Fecske	4700 Mátészalka, Bajcsy Zs U. 25-27
Kígyó	4700 Mátészalka, Kölcsey U. 19.
Patikaplus Gyógyszertár	4700 Mátészalka, Alkotmány U. 1/A
Salvare	4700 Mátészalka, Eötvös U. 1.
Sas	4700 Mátészalka, Kálvin Tér 7
Szalka	4700 Mátészalka, Eötvös U. 21.
Szamos	4700 Mátészalka, Hunyadi Köz 10/a

Pharmacy

The pharmacies on the map, at street level. The points are geocoded addresses (Nominatim/OpenStreetMap), not a survey on the ground: where an address is imprecise the marker falls on the settlement centre, and its bubble says so. Map: © MapTiler, data: © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Can you get there by bus?

263 departures on the reference day

66 settlements reachable without a change

✓ GP Mátészalka

✓ on-call Mátészalka

✓ hospital Mátészalka

On an average Wednesday there are 263 scheduled departures from the settlement, and 66 other settlements can be reached directly.

to the GP (Mátészalka): a direct bus
to the on-call service (Mátészalka): a direct bus
to the hospital (Mátészalka): a direct bus

Trains are not in the data: MÁV's timetable is available only after registration. “No direct bus” does not mean there is no way to get there.

Composite care-risk index ?A weighted mean of eight public measures, each turned into a national percentile: vacancy, driving time to the GP, the dentist, the on-call service, outpatient and inpatient care, bus access, age structure, the risk forecast and the beneficiary-settlement status. 100 is the worst-placed settlement, not one without care.

29.4

0 — the best-placed settlement100 — the worst

Mátészalka ranks 2,910 of 3,177 settlements — better placed than 8.4% of the country.

29.4

low risk

Ranked 2,910 highest of the country's 3,177 settlements on the composite care-risk index.

Where does this settlement stand?

Population 14,848

the average settlement of the Mátészalkai district: 2,274
Drive to the GP 0.3 min

the district median: 0.4 min
Composite risk index 29.4

national district median: 45.4

The index is a weighted mean of eight public measures, from national percentiles. A comparison, not a verdict: a high value means several measures point the same way — not that there is no care. The method in detail.

What changed in a year?

Compared with the 2025-12 snapshot from our own archive.

In GP care, 1 vacant or dissolved districts serve this settlement — the same as a year ago.

What happened to which district 1

NEAK code	Branch	District	What happened	Who / where	From
150095013	GP	children's district	fell vacant	here	March 2026 (< 1 year)

Only changes today's snapshot confirms are listed: a district “fell vacant” if its vacancy began within the year, and “was filled” if a doctor works in it today. The archive's gaps do not show up as changes.

We compare only what every month has data for: vacant and dissolved districts and changes of doctor. Driving times, bus access and the pharmacy network are not available back in time, so no change is claimed for them. At county level, turnover shows how often doctors change.