TABLE 2.
Changes in TCM specialty services in ITCWM hospitals, 2012–21.
| Year | Number of patients receiving preventive TCM treatment services | Average number of TCM medical technology applied | Spatial size of TCM preparation rooms | Average number of diversified TCM preparations per hospital | Number of TCM diagnostic and therapeutic equipment over 5,000 yuan | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TCM hospitals | ITCWM hospitals (%) | TCM hospitals | ITCWM hospitals | TCM hospitals (m2) | ITCWM hospitals (m2) | TCM hospitals | ITCWM hospitals | TCM hospitals | ITCWM hospitals | |
| 2012 | 56,974,357 | 2,321,350 (4.07) | N/A | N/A | 6,24,656 | 29,810 | N/A | N/A | 91,021 | 4,575 |
| 2013 | 19,701,219 | 1,021,020 (5.18) | N/A | N/A | 7,44,303 | 39,793 | N/A | N/A | 1,13,594 | 6,119 |
| 2014 | 16,209,256 | 1,061,992 (6.55) | N/A | N/A | 3,425,067 | 62,873 | N/A | N/A | 55,459 | 8,066 |
| 2015 | 16,056,643 | 1,077,241 (6.71) | 37 | 28 | 7,84,320 | 40,369 | 59 | 113 | 1,33,328 | 8,722 |
| 2016 | 17,051,312 | 1,181,711 (6.93) | 19 | 10 | 8,87,252 | 80,085 | 66 | 90 | 1,48,754 | 10,516 |
| 2017 | 19,829,791 | 1,492,040 (7.52) | 36 | 29 | 8,95,732 | 58,763 | 70 | 68 | 1,63,417 | 13,009 |
| 2018 | 20,155,791 | 1,830,290 (9.08) | 35 | 27 | 9,49,234 | 49,732 | 85 | 124 | 1,94,904 | 15,599 |
| 2019 | 20,115,387 | 1,701,107 (8.46) | 36 | 26 | 9,79,646 | 56,249 | 79 | 112 | 2,11,497 | 17,378 |
| 2020 | 20,873,136 | 1,587,823 (7.61) | 34 | 25 | 1,092,721 | 73,057 | 83 | 109 | 2,43,393 | 21,549 |
| 2021 | 23,371,493 | 2,294,377 (9.82) | 34 | 26 | 1,223,998 | 83,161 | 90 | 138 | 2,65,454 | 24,581 |
N/A, not available.