What does it mean to be a Triple-A hospital? What is the difference between a second-class hospital and a third-class hospital?

Before we go to the doctor, we will first learn about the hospital to see which hospital qualification is better, among them, we often hear people say that try to choose the third-class hospital, because the third-class hospital is the highest level of hospital. So, what is the meaning of the so-called three A hospital?

What is the meaning of the third-class hospital?

Three A-class hospitals, referred to as three A hospitals, is in accordance with China's current "hospital grading management approach" and other provisions of the classification of medical institutions, is the implementation of mainland China's hospitals "three levels of six" in the division of the highest level of the hierarchy.

The main items that a tertiary hospital is required to declare for assessment include medical service and management, medical quality and safety, and technical level and efficiency. Private hospitals in mainland China can also participate in the medical rating.

Tertiary hospitals: (with more than 501 beds) are hospitals above the regional level that provide high-level specialized medical and healthcare services to several regions and perform higher education and scientific research tasks. Grade A: According to the thousand-point system, sub-grade scoring criteria to obtain more than 900 points for Grade A.

Specific conditions are as follows:

1. The hospital should have formal wards and a certain number of beds facilities. In order to implement inpatient treatment, there is generally a corresponding outpatient clinic;

2. It should have basic medical equipment, set up pharmacy, testing, radiology, surgery and sterilization and supply and other medical and technical diagnostic and therapeutic departments;

3. It should have the ability to provide qualified and reasonable diagnosis and treatment of inpatients, nursing care and basic services;

4. It should have the appropriate and systematic staffing;

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5, should have the appropriate work system and regulations;

6, should have the appropriate hospital culture.

What is the difference between a second- and third-class hospital?

The difference between a second-class hospital and a third-class hospital mainly lies in the different number of beds, different staffing, different scope of services and functions.

1, the number of beds is different. 1, second-class hospitals: the total number of inpatient beds 100 to 499. 2, third-class hospitals: the total number of inpatient beds 500 or more.

Two, different staffing. 1, second-class hospitals: at least 0.88 health technicians per bed; at least 0.4 nurses per bed; at least 3 physicians with the title of deputy chief physician or above. Each specialized department has at least 1 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 medical and health 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 the first level of referral, the first level of hospitals for operational technical guidance, and can carry out a certain degree of teaching and 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, to solve critical and difficult cases, to accept secondary referrals, business and technical guidance to lower hospitals and training of personnel.