78 605 cases (for standard) were chosen out of 120 000 r andom cases of discharged patients in 1994 from 88 TCM hospitals in China. 475 T CM diagnosis names were found.

• 从全国分层随机抽样的88所中医医院1994年12万余份出院病例中，遴选出78605份符合项目研究要求的病例，从中分析发现中医诊断病名475个。