Table 1: Chinese hospitals by the numbers - a comparison with Germany (own representation).

Criteria

China (2018, 2019)

Germany (2017)

Number of inhabitants (total)

1.4 Bn.

82.9 Mio*

Number of hospitals (total)

34,000

3,084

Number of beds (total)

6.97 Mio.

661,448

Number of beds per 1,000 inhabitants

5.0

8.0

Bed occupancy

84.2%

77.8%

Average length of hospitalization

9.3 Days

7.5

Days Number of doctors (total)

3,010,040

351,195*

Number of doctors per 1,000 inhabitants

2.6

4.3

Number of nursing staff

4,430,000

1,069,000

Number of nursing staff per 1,000 inhabitants

3.2

2.9

13.0

 

Data for China: From National Bureau of Statistics of China (NBS). Data for Germany: Numbers with * are from Eurostat, and the rest are from OECD Data [52-56].