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Table 1 Characterization of Brazilian health care network

From: Addressing geographic access barriers to emergency care services: a national ecologic study of hospitals in Brazil

 

Small hospitals

High Complexity Centers

N (%)

Number of beds -mean (SD)

SH Beds per 1000 people

N (%)

Number of beds -mean (SD)

HCC Beds per 1000 people

Center- West

375 (13.52)

24.57 (12.74)

1.64 (1.76)

204 (6.65)

112 (117.05)

2.41 (1.71)

Northeast

1119 (40.34)

26.73 (15.44)

1.74 (1.41)

821 (26.75)

103.26 (107.88)

1.63 (1.05)

North

278 (10.02)

26.71 (13.35)

1.3 (0.91)

251 (8.18)

90.47 (75.01)

1.6 (0.97)

Southeast

606 (21.85)

32.15 (16.67)

1.55 (2.09)

1245 (40.57)

139.37 (142.97)

2.11 (1.53)

South

396 (14.28)

30.61 (16.06)

3.13 (2.51)

548 (17.86)

119.18 (123.43)

3.31 (2.15)

Brazil

2774

28.17 (15.5)

1.95 (2.05)

3069

119.09 (124.34)

2.08 (1.57)

  1. Distance from ECS or Surgical care