The difference between a second-class hospital and a third-class hospital mainly lies in the number of different beds, different staffing, different scope of services and functions.
One, the number of beds is different
1, second-class hospitals: the total number of inpatient beds 100 to 499.
2. Tertiary hospitals: 500 or more total inpatient beds.
Second, different staffing
1, second-class hospitals: at least 0.88 health professionals per bed; at least 0.4 nurses per bed; at least three physicians with the title of associate physician or above. Each specialized department has at least one physician with the title of attending physician or above.
2. Tertiary hospitals: at least 1.03 health technicians per bed; at least 0.4 nurses per bed; the director of each specialized department should have the title of deputy chief physician or above; no fewer than 2 clinical dietitians; engineers and technicians (technicians, assistant engineers and above) accounted for no less than 1% of the total number of health technicians.
Three, the scope of services and functions are different
1, the second hospital: is across several communities to provide health care services of regional hospitals, is a regional medical prevention of the technical center. Its main function is to participate in guiding the monitoring of high-risk groups, accepting first-class referrals, providing operational and technical guidance to first-class hospitals, and being able to conduct a certain degree of teaching and scientific research.
2. Tertiary hospitals: hospitals that provide medical and health services across regions, provinces and cities as well as to the whole country, and medical and preventive technology centers with comprehensive medical, teaching and scientific research capabilities. Its main function is to provide specialized (including special specialties) medical services, solve critical and difficult cases, accept secondary referrals, and provide operational and technical guidance to lower hospitals and training of personnel.
Baidu Encyclopedia - Hospital Classification Standards