ABSTRACT
To investigate the current status of digestive endoscopy diagnosis and treatment in Shanghai, and to provide decision-making support for the revision of the diagnostic and treatment standards and quality control criteria of digestive endoscopy in Shanghai. A total of 145 hospitals providing digestive endoscopy service were investigated through an online survey. The main survey contents were the situation of digestive endoscopists, the development of diagnosis and treatment technology, and the quality and safety situation. There were 1 212 digestive endoscopists in Shanghai, accounting for 1.59% of China which ranked first in all registered practioners in 2019. The annual diagnostic and treatment procedures of digestive endoscopy was 1 902.6 thousand, and endoscopists' working pressure was relatively high. In terms of quality control indicator of a single disease, detection rates of early gastrointestinal cancers and adenomas remained at a high level. The number of digestive endoscopists, endoscopic procedures and quality control indicators of a single disease in Shanghai was in a leading position in China in 2019.