Table 2.
Development of internet hospitals established by different levels of medical institutions.
| Location | Tertiary hospitals (N=178), n | Secondary hospitals (N=20), n | Primary hospitals (N=1), n | Internet hospitals in tertiary hospitalsa, n (%) |
| Guangdong | 75 | 6 | 0 | 75 (36.4) |
| Shandong | 41 | 7 | 0 | 41 (22.7) |
| Hunan | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 (12.7) |
| Jiangsu | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 (5) |
| Shanghai | 4 | 1 | 0 | 4 (8.5) |
| Yunnan | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 (2.9) |
| Sichuan | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 (2.5) |
| Fujian | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 (6.5) |
| Gansu | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 (13.5) |
| Auhui | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 (7.4) |
| Zhejiang | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 (2.2) |
| Liaoning | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 (2.2) |
| Ningxia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 (23.1) |
| Heilongjiang | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 (2.1) |
| Tianjin | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 (4.7) |
| Shanxi | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 (1.6) |
| Xinjiang | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 (0) |
| Hebei | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 (1.4) |
| Beijing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 (1) |
| Hubei | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 (0.8) |
| Henan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 (4.6) |
| Jinlin | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 (0) |
aThe total proportion of internet hospitals in tertiary hospitals was 8.8% (178/2015).