The survey coverage of the 2004 Health Care Survey includes two hospitals that provide hospital care services, 409 private clinics and health care centres that provide primary health care services, as well as 209 establishments that provide Chinese medicine and therapy services. Results of the survey are as follows. In 2004, there were 1,397 persons engaged in primary health care services, 524 were doctors and 297 were nurses. Number of consultations administered totalled 1,935,000, up 9.2% over 2003. In addition, 96.8% of the 409 establishments providing primary health care were run by the private sector and the majority (322) were private clinics. In hospital care services, there were 2,432 persons engaged, 834 were nurses and 464 were doctors. The two hospitals in Macao provided 984 in-patient hospital beds and the occupancy rate of hospital beds increased by 9.1 percentage points to 72.8% over 2003. Number of deliveries and surgical operations carried out were 3,317 and 10,999 cases respectively. With respect to the entire health care system, the resident / doctor ratio (excluding dentist) was 454:1 and the resident / nurse ratio was 438:1. In 2004, there were 7,873 blood donors, an increase of 23.5% compared with 2003; the median age of the blood donors was 27.9. Meanwhile, the Blood Donation Centre provided 17,618 units of blood and blood components to the two hospitals. Within the 374 persons engaged in Chinese medicine and therapy services in 2004, 44 were doctors of Chinese medicine, 185 were Chinese herbalists, 20 were acupuncturists and masseurs. Number of consultations in Chinese medicine and therapy services totalled 621,000.
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