The categories of medical institutions are general hospitals, Chinese medicine hospitals, private hospitals, specialized hospitals, rehabilitation hospitals, and maternity and child care centers. Township (township) health centers, street health centers, community health centers. Sanatoriums, specialized disease prevention and treatment clinics, health care clinics.
Comprehensive outpatient clinics, specialized outpatient clinics, Chinese medicine outpatient clinics. Internal medicine clinic, dental clinic, Chinese medicine clinic. First aid center (station), clinical testing center. School (kindergarten) infirmary. Pharmacies, optical stores and other primary care institutions.
As of the end of July 2012, the number of medical and health institutions nationwide reached 961,000, of which 23,000 were hospitals, 924,000 were primary medical and health institutions, and 14,000 were other institutions. Among the primary healthcare institutions: 34,000 community health service centers (stations), 37,000 township health centers, 664,000 village health centers, and 178,000 clinics (infirmaries).
Expanded Information
Basic Standards for the Establishment of Medical Institutions: According to the "Basic Standards for Medical Institutions (for Trial Implementation)," "these standards (i.e., the basic standards for medical institutions) are the minimum standards that must be met by medical institutions for the practice of medicine, and they are the basis for the issuance of a medical institution practice license by the health administrative department. the basis for the issuance of the License to Practice in Medical Institutions.
The implementation of this standard in a few areas is difficult, by the provinces, autonomous regions, municipalities directly under the Central Health Administration to adjust certain indicators in accordance with the actual situation, as a local standard, reported to the Ministry of Health approved for the record and come into force. Not yet Ao this standard of medical institutions, can be compared to the basic standards of similar medical institutions. National hospital basic standards by the provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Health Administration."
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