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Objective To comprehensively evaluate the development capacity of secondary public hospitals and provide hospital decision makers with objective and valid information.Methods By means of non-probability random sampling,13 secondary public hospitals were pinpointed nationwide,from which statistics of hospital development between 2005 to 2009 were collected for factor analysis of development capacity.EPIDATA3.1 and SAS9.2 were used for data input and analysis.Results Key development factors on development capacity of such hospitals are workload,hospital size,human resources and specialties.The hospitals vary in their development capacity factors to tell a difference.Conclusion Such factors as workload,size,staff makeup and specialty competence play a key role in development of such hospitals.