Table 2.

Statistical table of national medical and health institutions and number of beds in 2020–2021.

Number of medical and health institutions and number of beds
Institutions category	Number of institutions (number)			Number of beds (beds)
	2020	2021	2022	2020	2021	2022
1. Hospital	35,394	36,570	36,976	7,131,186	7,414,228	7,662,929
Public hospital	11,870	11,804	11,746	5,090,558	5,207,727	5,363,364
Private hospital	23,524	24,766	25,230	2,040,628	2,206,501	2,299,565
Among them: tertiary hospitals	2,996	3,275	3,523	3,002,503	3,230,629	3,445,405
Secondary hospital	10,404	10,848	11,145	2,718,116	2,743,079	2,773,482
First class hospital	12,252	12,649	12,815	712,732	726,054	732,490
2. Professional public health institutions	14,492	13,276	12,436	296,063	301,566	313,558
Among them: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention	3,384	3,376	3,386		-
Specialized disease prevention and treatment institutions	1,048	932	856	42,323	40,611	39,133
Maternal and child health care institutions, etc.	3,052	3,032	3,031	253,740	260,955	274,425
Health Supervision Institute (Center)	2,934	3,010	2,944
Family planning technical service agencies, etc.	4,074	2,926	2,219
3. Community primary medical and health institutions	325,446	343,555	358,102	259,059	282,366	288,549
Among them: community health service center	9,826	10,122	10,353	225,539	239,139	251,453
Community health service station	25,539	26,038	26,095	12,804	12,581	11,601
Clinic (nursing station), etc.	290,081	307,395	321,654	20,716	30,646	25,495
4. Rural Health Center (Room)	644,590	634,235	621,666	1,390,325	1,417,410	1,455,876
Rural and township health centers	35,762	34,943	33,917	1,390,325	1,417,410	1,455,876
rural clinic	608,828	599,292	587,749		-	-
5. Other institutions	3,000	3,299	3,738	24,067	34,540	29,021
Total	1,022,922	1,030,935	1,032,918	9,100,700	9,450,110	9,749,933

Data source: China Health Commission’s 2020–2022 China Health Care Development Statistical Bulletin (38–40).