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
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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].