Trends and challenges of emergency and acute care in Chinese mainland: 2005-2017

Chang Pan, Jiao-jiao Pang, Kai Cheng, Feng Xu, Yu-guo Chen

Figure 2. Statistical graphs of changes in workforce and number of beds in EMSS in China. A: over the past decade, the number of licensed emergency physicians at hospitals in China increased by 196%; the data of 2006, 2007, and 2008 were not counted in China’s yearbooks; B: the number of beds in EDs increased from 10,783 in 2007 to 42,367 in 2017; the data before 2007 were not counted in China’s yearbooks; C: for pre-hospital emergency care, the volume of health workforce doubled, including a 109% increase in the number of physicians. EMSS: emergency medical service system; EDs: emergency departments.