Abstract: Objective A cross-sectional study was conducted on the elderly institutions in Baoding to understand the current situation of the supply and demand of institutional pension and put forward suggestions for solving the problemsso as to provide decision-making basis for the development of medical-nursing combined care mode in Baoding. Methods The method of combining quantitative and qualitative research was adopted. A total of 362 elderly people in 13 nursing homes in Baoding were randomly selected to understand their medical and pension needs by self-designed questionnaire. Through in-depth interview, we interviewed the heads of nursing institutions, and found out their supply situation and difficulties. Results In the result of the survey of the elder in nursing homes in Baoding, the elderly had the strongest demand for ‘nursing assisting bed chair/bed and bed transfer’(45.58%), and the demand for ‘nurses to help eat’ was the weakest(8.01%), in the medical care needs of the elderly, ‘nursing staff of regular blood pressure measurement’ was the highest, was 55.52%, in the psychological demand, up to 95.58% of the people expressed the hope that the children came to visit, and the purpose of this satisfaction was reduced to 74.27%. In the supply of aged care institutions, access to medical licenses of 13 pension institutions surveyed in only 3(23.08%), in the medical and health services, 53.84% aged care institutions could provide a ‘routine physical examination’ and ‘health advisory service’, 38.46% could provide ‘medical diagnosis’, and could provide ‘rehabilitation therapy’ and ‘deathbed care’ institutions at least, accounted for only 30.76%. Conclusion Facing the difficulties and problems of the aged care institutions in Baoding, it is necessary to speed up the establishment of cooperation mechanism of medical and nursing institutions and strive to build a team of high-quality talents and so on. The city of Baoding needs more exploration and effort, so that the medical-nursing combined care mode can gain long-term development.

Key words: medical-nursing combined, medical-nursing combined care mode, strategy, current situation