ABSTRACT
Objective • To discuss the health resources and service development of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) hospitals in Shanghai from 2009 to 2016. Methods • Analysis of the health resources and service development of TCM hospitals in Shanghai from 2009 to 2016 were conducted by calculating composition ratios and growth rates according to the data from the statistical yearbooks. Results • All the indexes of the health resources and services of TCM hospitals in Shanghai, 2009-2016, increased every year, and the numbers of beds, medical technical personnel, licensed (assistant) doctors, registered nurses, outpatients and inpatients increased by 71.72%, 53.80%, 46.83%, 76.84%, 78.20%, and 120.30%, respectively. The proportions of TCM hospitals beds and health technicians in all the city's hospitals increased by 1.70% and 1.18% on the basis of 7.06% and 9.58%, respectively. The year-on-year growth rates of beds ranged from 1.86% to 22.52%, and rates of health technicians ranged from 0.17% to 15.46%. Daily visits each doctor and daily bed days each doctor in TCM hospitals increased by an average of 2.90% and 0.07% a year, respectively. Conclusion • There was a significant increase in health resources and service development of the TCM hospitals in Shanghai from 2009 to 2016, and the work efficiency were improved. And there was a little increase in the proportion of the relevant indexes in all the city's hospitals. However, some problems do exist, such as the weak integral strength and the unstable growth of TCM hospitals.