Abstract: Objective To evaluate the status of rehabilitation resource configuration and rehabilitation service of health system in Guangdong province, and to provide basis for the development of rehabilitation institutions.Methods From November to December in 2015, an online survey was conducted among rehabilitation hospitals in Health and Family Planning Commission of 21 cities in Guangdong province by using self-administered questionnaire. The deadline was December 30th, 2015.Results There were 38 rehabilitation hospitals in Guangdong province including 18 non-profit and 20 for-profit ones. Only one was tertiary rehabilitation hospital. There were totally 4524 open beds, hospitals with 50 to199 beds accounted for 68.4%. There were 37,262 rehabilitation equipments worth more than 10,000 Yuan, in which less than 500,000 Yuan was the most. There were 776 rehabilitation doctors, 1051 nurses, 749 therapists, and 248 other staff members. The annual hospital admissions were more than 55,000, hospital bed utilization rate was 74.6%, bed turnover rates was 12.75, the working time of bed was 272.3 days, and the average length of stay in hospital was 19.5 days.Conclusion These rehabilitation institutions cannot meet the need of people in Guangdong province. Many problems existed, such as low hospital scales, unbalanced geographical distribution, low rates of hospital beds utilization and turnover, inadequate hospital management and imperfect health system. The service and management capabilities of rehabilitation institutions should be strengthened.

Key words: health system, rehabilitation hospital, configuration, service