Table 1 Number (percentage) of resources and services across three levels of hospitals in China (2002–2015)a
From: Factors associated with the inter-facility transfer of inpatients in Sichuan province, China
Resources/services | 2002 | 2005 | 2008 | 2011 | 2014 | 2015 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No. of hospitals (%) | Primary/unrated | 2674 (30.22) | 2714 (30.80) | 4989 (38.49) | 5636 (41.74) | 7009 (44.32) | 8759 (47.67) |
Secondary | 5198 (58.74) | 5156 (58.50) | 6780 (52.31) | 6468 (47.90) | 6850 (43.32) | 7494 (40.78) | |
Tertiary | 977 (11.04) | 943 (10.70) | 1192 (9.20) | 1399 (10.36) | 1954 (12.36) | 2123 (11.55) | |
No. of registered doctors (%) | Primary/unrated | – | – | – | 76,775 (7.12) | 91,519 (6.88) | 108,528 (7.49) |
Secondary | – | – | – | 554,434 (51.39) | 583,433 (43.83) | 615,889 (42.50) | |
Tertiary | – | – | – | 447,758 (41.50) | 656,112 (49.29) | 724,782 (50.01) | |
No. of beds (%) | Primary/unrated | – | 147,522 (8.52) | 233,018 (9.26) | 277,233 (8.63) | 387,207 (8.96) | 481,876 (10.20) |
Secondary | – | 986,851 (57.00) | 1,425,406 (56.66) | 1,710,135 (53.26) | 2,053,896 (47.55) | 2,196,748 (46.48) | |
Tertiary | – | 597,051 (34.48) | 857,304 (34.08) | 1,223,584 (38.11) | 1,878,267 (43.48) | 2,047,819 (43.33) | |
No. of admitted patients (10,000) (%) | Primary/unrated | – | 207.1 (5.28) | 392.2 (5.78) | 535.8 (5.46) | 798 (5.66) | 965.2 (6.47) |
Secondary | – | 2297.7 (58.58) | 4061.3 (59.90) | 5567.4 (56.69) | 7005.7 (49.70) | 7121.2 (47.74) | |
Tertiary | – | 1417.6 (36.14) | 2326.8 (34.32) | 3717.3 (37.85) | 6291 (44.63) | 6828.9 (45.78) | |
Inpatient expense per capita in public hospitals (RMB) (%) | Primary/unrated | – | – | – | 3121.3 (16.76) | 3737.1 (17.84) | 3844.5 (17.63) |
Secondary | – | – | – | 4564.2 (24.51) | 5114.6 (24.41) | 5358.2 (24.58) | |
Tertiary | – | – | – | 10,935.9 (58.73) | 12,100.2 (57.75) | 12,599.3 (57.79) | |
Government budget as a percentage of revenue in public hospitals | 7.35 | 5.09 | 6.6 | 7.76 | 6.99 | 8.19 |