Hospitals, also known elegantly as medical bureaus and medical halls, are medical institutions whose primary purpose is to provide medical care to people. Because Song and Ming era, hospitals are increasingly well-organized, officially run hospitals called Anji Fang, privately run by Yangji Hospital, Shou'an Yuan, charity-run ZiYuBu, divided into categories, diagnosis and treatment of patients.
Ancient medical center and its aliases, the ancient people sick on the doctor's home to see a doctor. But this "doctor's home" is not specific and accurate, to be precise, should be the medical center. In ancient times, the doctor often divided his home into some halls, rooms to set up as a "medical center", for diagnosis and rest of seriously ill patients. Most of the medical hall is selling drugs, diagnosis as one of the pharmacy and medical hall.
The pharmacies set up by reclusive doctors (shamans, witch doctors, etc.) in the outskirts of the city, deep in the mountains and deep in the valleys are also regarded as medical centers (these pharmacies are common in novels, but most of the pharmacies in the city are purely medicine stores).
Hospital size:
At the end of 2007, the total number of beds in hospitals and sanitariums nationwide amounted to 3,279,000, an increase of 324,000 over 2003, with an average annual growth rate of 2.6%. There were 2,587,000 hospital beds, an increase of 317,000 over 2003, with an average annual growth rate of 3.3%; and 692,000 health center beds, an increase of 0.6 million over 2003. The number of hospital and sanatorium beds per 1,000 population increased from 2.34 in 2003 to 2.54 in 2007.
By the end of 2020, the total number of medical and health institutions nationwide reached 1022,922, an increase of 15,377 over the previous year. Among them: 35,394 hospitals, 970,036 primary health care institutions, 14,492 professional public **** health institutions. Compared with the previous year, the number of hospitals increased by 1,040, primary health care institutions increased by 15,646.
Reference for the above: Baidu Encyclopedia - Medical Center