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. 2021 Dec 13;21:2272. doi: 10.1186/s12889-021-12248-9

Table 1.

Overall condition of health resources in China from 2009 to 2018

Institutions Beds Health Personnel Health Expenditure
Year Hospitals PMHI Hospitals PMHI Beds per 1,000 people LD RN HCE HCE per 1,000 people GHEa(100 million yuan) GHE per captiala SHEa(100 million yuan) OOPsa(100 million yuan) OOPs(% of THE) THE(% of GDP)
2009 20,291 882,153 3,120,773 1,099,662 3.16 1,905,436 1,854,818 7,781,448 5.83 5972.16 447.52 7631.57 8148.32 37.46% 5.03%
2010 20,918 901,709 3,387,437 1,192,242 3.42 1,972,840 2,048,071 8,207,502 6.12 6993.64 521.56 8779.86 8602.18 35.29% 4.84%
2011 21,979 918,003 3,705,118 1,233,721 3.67 2,020,154 2,244,020 8,207,502 6.09 8733.09 648.17 9847.25 9917.11 34.80% 4.98%
2012 23,170 912,620 4,161,486 1,324,270 4.05 2,138,836 2,496,599 9,115,705 6.73 9528.14 703.68 11334.69 10911.20 34.34% 5.20%
2013 24,709 915,368 4,578,601 1,349,908 4.36 2,285,794 2,783,121 9,790,483 7.20 10500.39 771.68 12533.17 11812.98 33.90% 5.32%
2014 25,860 917,335 4,961,161 1,381,197 4.64 2,374,917 3,004,144 10,234,213 7.48 11319.78 827.58 14378.39 12087.70 31.99% 5.48%
2015 27,587 920,077 5,330,580 1,413,842 4.91 2,508,408 3,241,469 10,693,881 7.78 13223.80 962.00 17497.11 12713.15 29.27% 5.95%
2016 29,140 926,518 5,689,000 1,441,900 5.16 2,651,398 3,507,166 11,172,945 8.08 14466.72 1046.26 19860.55 13871.65 28.78% 6.23%
2017 31,056 933,024 6,120,500 1,528,500 5.50 2,828,999 3,804,021 11,748,972 8.45 15509.99 1115.76 22703.99 15434.73 28.77% 6.36%
2018 33,009 943,639 6,519,800 1,583,500 5.81 3,010,376 4,098,630 12,290,325 8.81 16399.13 1175.24 25810.78 16915.89 28.61% 6.57%
Annual growth rates 5.56% 0.75% 8.53% 4.13% 6.99% 5.21% 9.21% 5.21% 4.69% 11.88% 11.32% 14.50% 8.45% .. ..

Abbreviations: PMHI Primary Medical and Health Institutions, GHE Government Health Expenditure, SHE Social Health Expenditure, OOPs Out-of-Pocket Payments, THE Total Health Expenditure, LD Licensed doctors, RN Registered Nurses, HCE Health Care Employees;aFigures adjusted for inflation and calculated in Chinese yuan in 2018 prices