Hospital bed utilization in China 2019-2022, by hospital ownership
In 2022, the occupancy rate of hospital beds in China was 71 percent, representing a slight drop from 74.6 percent in 2021. Public hospitals are busier than private ones, with nine in ten beds utilized in 2019 and more than three quarters occupied in 2022. The pressure on private hospitals remains generally low, with less than 60 percent of beds occupied since 2020.