Table 9:
rTMS Machines Needed Across Local Health Integration Networks to Match Per-Capita Access to ECT
| Lowest Per-Capita Access (∼15,000 Machines Per TRD Patient) | Median Per-Capita Access (∼4,700 Machines Per TRD Patient) | Highest Per-Capita Access (∼1,900 Machines Per TRD Patient) | 3 rTMS Treatment Suites Per ECT Centre | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Local Health Integration Network | Population | # rTMS Machi nes | Per-Capita rTMS Access | # rTMS Machines | Per-Capita rTMS Access | # rTMS Machines | Per-Capita rTMS Access | # rTMS Machines | Per-Capita rTMS Access |
| 1 | 640,000 | 1 | 10,752 | 3 | 3,584 | 6 | 1,792 | 6 | 1,792 |
| 2 | 962,500 | 2 | 8,085 | 4 | 4,043 | 9 | 1,797 | 12 | 1,348 |
| 3 | 775,000 | 1 | 13,020 | 3 | 4,340 | 7 | 1,860 | 6 | 2,170 |
| 4 | 1,420,000 | 2 | 11,928 | 6 | 3,976 | 13 | 1,835 | 9 | 2,651 |
| 5 | 850,000 | 1 | 14,280 | 4 | 3,570 | 8 | 1,785 | 3 | 4,760 |
| 6 | 1,200,000 | 2 | 10,080 | 5 | 4,032 | 11 | 1,833 | 9 | 2,240 |
| 7 | 1,200,000 | 8 | 2,520 | 8 | 2,520 | 11 | 1,833 | 27 | 747 |
| 8 | 1,800,000 | 2 | 15,120 | 7 | 4,320 | 16 | 1,890 | 12 | 2,520 |
| 9 | 1,572,453 | 2 | 13,209 | 6 | 4,403 | 14 | 1,887 | 12 | 2,201 |
| 10 | 500,000 | 1 | 8,400 | 2 | 4,200 | 5 | 1,680 | 9 | 933 |
| 11 | 1,200,000 | 2 | 10,080 | 5 | 4,032 | 11 | 1,833 | 18 | 1,120 |
| 12 | 461,700 | 1 | 7,757 | 2 | 3,878 | 4 | 1,939 | 9 | 862 |
| 13 | 565,000 | 1 | 9,492 | 3 | 3,164 | 5 | 1,898 | 12 | 791 |
| 14 | 231,120 | 1 | 3,883 | 1 | 3,883 | 2 | 1,941 | 6 | 647 |
| Total | 27 | 59 | 122 | 150 | |||||
Abbreviations ECT, electroconvulsive therapy; rTMS, repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation; TRD, treatment-resistant depression.