According to the information released by the Statistics and Census Service, coverage of the 2005 Health Care Survey included the two hospitals providing hospital care services, 425 private clinics and health care centres providing primary health care services, as well as 211 establishments providing Chinese medicine and therapy services. There were 1,483 persons engaged in primary health care services in 2005, 558 were doctors and 318 were nurses. Number of consultations administered totalled 2,073,000, up by 7.1% over 2004. In addition, 96.9% of the 425 establishments providing primary health care were run by the private sector and the majority (381) were private clinics. Number of persons engaged in hospital care services was 2,569, within them, 888 were nurses and 454 were doctors. The two hospitals in Macao provided 984 in-patient hospital beds and the occupancy rate of the hospital beds increased by 1.1 percentage points over 2004 to 73.9%. Number of deliveries and surgical operations carried out in 2005 were 3,689 and 11,446 cases respectively. With respect to the entire health care system, the ratio of residents to doctor (excluding dentist) was 473:1 and the ratio of residents to nurse was 430:1. In 2005, there were 8,999 blood donors, an increase of 14.3% compared with 2004; the median age of the blood donors was 26.1. Meanwhile, the Blood Donation Centre provided 17,707 units of blood and blood components to the two hospitals. Within the 447 persons engaged in Chinese medicine and therapy services in 2005, 67 were doctors of Chinese medicine, 181 were Chinese herbalists, 22 were acupuncturists and masseurs, which provided approximately 620,000 consultations in Chinese medicine and therapy services in 2005.
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