The proportion of primary medical and health services is on a downward trend.
In recent years, the growth rate of diagnosis and treatment in primary medical and health institutions in my country has been declining year by year. In 2020, the total number of diagnoses and treatments in primary medical and health institutions across the country was 4.12 billion, a decrease of 410 million and 53.2% year-on-year, accounting for 53.2% of the total number of diagnoses and treatments in medical and health institutions.
In the context of the COVID-19 epidemic, COVID-19 patients occupied a large amount of medical resources in the first half of 2020, and the number of beds and doctors left for other patients will inevitably be reduced. In 2020, 37.07 million people were admitted to primary medical and health institutions across the country, a decrease of 5.88 million or 13.69% year-on-year, accounting for 16.1% of the number of admissions to medical and health institutions.
Trends in primary medical and health service costs:
In 2020, the average outpatient cost of community health service centers was 165.9 yuan, an increase of 16.3% over the previous year at current prices, and an increase of 13.5% at comparable prices. %; the per capita hospitalization expense was 3,560.3 yuan, an increase of 7.1% over the previous year at current prices, and an increase of 4.5% at comparable prices; the average outpatient expenses at township health centers were 84.7 yuan, an increase of 9.6% over the previous year at current prices, and an increase of 6.9 at comparable prices. %; the per capita hospitalization cost was 2,083.0 yuan, an increase of 5.8% over the previous year based on current prices, and an increase of 3.2% based on comparable prices; the average daily hospitalization cost was 317.5 yuan.