Healthcare in Hong Kong: Difference between revisions

Hong Kong has about 1.9 doctors per 1000 people, which is the same ratio as in Taiwan.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.legco.gov.hk/research-publications/english/1819issh05-healthcare-workforce-20181102-e.pdf|title=Statistical Highlights, Research Office, Legislative Council Secretariat|last=|first=|date=2 November 2018|website=www.legco.gov.hk|access-date=26 November 2019}}</ref> Of the over 14,600 doctors in Hong Kong, about 60% work in private practice and the remaining 40% work in the public service.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://hongkongbusiness.hk/healthcare/in-focus/hong-kongs-sickly-public-healthcare-system-reaches-breaking-point|title=Hong Kong's sickly public healthcare system reaches breaking point|website=Hongkong Business|access-date=2019-11-26}}</ref> The majority of doctors in Hong Kong, graduated from one of the 2 local medical schools. There are over 1,200 doctors in Hong Kong that graduated from medical schools outside of Hong Kong and passed the rigorous Hong Kong licensing requirements including an [[Hong Kong Medical Licensing Examination|examination]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mchk.org.hk/english/list_register/list.php?regno=&englishname=&chinesename=&address=&qualification=lmchk&qual_year=&type=A&quallimit=&matchAllCondition=Y&Search=Search&advancedsearch=Y|title=The Medical Council of Hong Kong - Chairman's Welcoming Message|website=www.mchk.org.hk|access-date=2019-11-26}}</ref> These doctors, represented by the [https://www.almchk.org.hk/ ALMCHK] <ref>{{Cite web|last=The Association of Licentiates of Medical Council of Hong Kong (ALMCHK)|first=|date=|title=The Association of Licentiates of Medical Council of Hong Kong (ALMCHK)|url=https://www.almchk.org.hk/|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=}}</ref>and [[Medical Licentiate Society of Hong Kong|Licentiate Society]], are known as Licentiates of the Medical Council of Hong Kong ([[Licentiate of the Medical Council of Hong Kong|LMCHK]]).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mchk.org.hk/e_index.html|title=The Medical Council of Hong Kong - Home|website=www.mchk.org.hk|access-date=2019-11-26}}</ref> In addition, there are a few hundred colonial doctors; a legacy of the pre-1997 era in which said doctors graduated from medical schools of [[Commonwealth of Nations|Commonwealth]] origin and were automatically given full registration to practice. There are over 7400 registered practitioners of [[Traditional Chinese medicine]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dh.gov.hk/english/statistics/statistics_hs/files/Health_Statistics_pamphlet_E.pdf|title=Health Facts of Hong Kong, 2019|last=|first=|date=10 May 2019|website=www.dh.gov.hk|access-date=27 November 2019}}</ref>