ABSTRACT
Objective To understand the basic situation and existing problems of cost accounting information construction in the traditional Chinese medicine hospital. Methods We made a cross-sectional study of all traditional Chinese medicine hospitals cost accounting informatization, and then analyzed the results. Results In the survey of 1588 traditional Chinese medicine hospitals, there exists the problem with 78.65%for limited software;57.43%for not sharing between the systems;43.20%for outdated software. The occupancy rate was 81.86%for HIS system, 87.09%for the accounting software, 39.11%for cost accounting software, 5.42%for none. The proportion of hospitals was over 95% whose income data statistics to department;80% for spending data;73.05%for fixed assets depreciation cost;51.39%for amortization of intangible assets and 52.77%for medical risk fund. The proportion of hospitals was 81.49%whose data inside services statistics to medical auxiliary departments and higher than the logistics department, which was 63.85%.Conclusion The occupancy rate of cost accounting system software was limited in traditional Chinese medicine hospitals. The problems were limited cost accounting system software and unavailable information shared between the systems.