Table 1.

Number of hospitals, personnel, and beds for private vs. public hospitals in China (2011–2021).

Yeara	Number			Personnel			Beds
	Public	Private	Public: private ratio	Public	Private	Public: private ratio	Public	Private	Public: private ratio
2011	13,539	8440	1.60	5,284,427	661,050	7.99	3,243,658	461,460	7.03
2012	13,384	9786	1.37	3,555,279	502,361	7.08	3,579,309	582,177	6.15
2013	13,396	11,313	1.18	6,060,885	831,599	7.29	3,865,385	713,216	5.42
2014	13,314	12,546	1.06	4,080,345	661,332	6.17	4,125,715	835,446	4.94
2015	13,069	14,518	0.90	4,276,938	794,213	5.39	4,296,401	1,034,179	4.15
2016	12,708	16,432	0.77	4,491,172	923,894	4.86	4,455,238	1,233,637	3.61
2017	12,297	18,759	0.66	4,684,677	1,100,035	4.26	4,631,146	1,489,338	3.11
2018	12,032	20,977	0.57	1,823,722	859,261	2.12	4,802,171	1,717,578	2.80
2019	11,930	22,424	0.53	5,098,390	1,389,107	3.67	4,975,633	1,890,913	2.63
2020	11,870	23,524	0.50	5,292,442	1,482,322	3.57	5,090,558	2,040,628	2.49
2021	11,804	24,766	0.48	5,526,526	1,588,939	3.48	5,207,727	2,206,501	2.36

^aData for years 2011–2012 and 2018–2021 are from the China Health Statistical Yearbook.¹³ Data for years 2013–2017 are from the China Health Family Planning Statistics Yearbook.¹⁴