Table 1

Basic information about the study hospitals (April 2010–March 2011)

	Charitable hospital	Private hospital	District hospital	Private teaching hospital	Tertiary care hospital
Number of beds	57	200	400	655	778
Occupancy rate (%)	42	59	65	80	72
Total staff	108	671	248	620	1067
Doctors	12	103	24	139	237
Of whom surgeons	3	31	8	46	77
Nurses	22	135	98	107	212