Information from the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) indicated that there were 4 hospitals in Macao in 2013, providing a total of 1,366 in-patient beds, up slightly by 12 year-on-year. The occupancy rate of in-patient beds was 73.2%, up by 3.6 percentage points year-on-year; the occupancy rate of in-patient beds in Conde de S. Januário Hospital stood at 81.9%, up by 4.8 percentage points. As population ageing drove up demand for hospital services, number of in-patients increased by 4.8% year-on-year to 51,000; those aged 65 and above rose by 4.0% to 11,000. The average in-patient stay was 7.2 days, up by 0.1 day year-on-year. The hospitals provided a total of 1,443,000 out-patient consultations, up by 5.3% year-on-year. Owing to a decline in live births, consultations in Gynecology/Obstetrics (97,000) and Paediatrics/Neonatology (113,000) decreased by 5.9% and 2.0% respectively year-on-year. In addition, dialysis treatments registered four consecutive years of double-digit growth, up by 10.6% year-on-year to 71,000 cases. Attendances to emergency services totalled 445,000, up by 3.6% year-on-year. Emergency attendances in Taipa (125,000) increased by 13.5% year-on-year, while those in Macao Peninsula (320,000) rose slightly by 0.1%, indicating the effective diversion of patients to emergency services in Taipa. There were 720 primary health care establishments in 2013, including public health centres and private clinics. Total number of consultations increased by 11.6% year-on-year to 3,798,000, of which there were 1,177,000 consultations in Chinese Medicine, 1,094,000 in General Practice, and 699,000 in Regular Services such as Adult Health Care, Child Health Care, etc. A total of 268,000 doses of vaccine were administered in hospitals and primary health care establishments in 2013; vaccinations against Influenza totalled 89,000. In 2013, number of doctors and nurses per 1,000 population was 2.5 and 3.1 respectively, with a total of 1,514 doctors and 1,854 nurses.
