Table 1. Availability of intensive care units, intensive care unit beds, and mechanical ventilators.

Parameter	Total	Provinces	Ulaanbaatar	p-value
Inhabitants (n)	2,990,617	1,642,975	1,347,642
Hospitals with an ICU (absolute n)	45	24	26
Hospital level (n/%)				0.06
Level II	29 (64.4)	17 (81)	12 (50)
Level III	16 (35.6)	4 (19)	12 (50)
Hospital type (n/%)				0.24
governmental	42 (93.3)	21 (100)	21 (87.5)
private	3 (6.7)	0 (0)	3 (12.5)
Median hospital bed no (n)	225 (154–301)	212 (170–276)	238 (128–344)	0.65
Adult ICU (n/%)	42 (93.3)	19 (90.5)	23 (95.8)	0.59
Median adult ICU beds (n)	5 (3–7)	4 (3–6)	6 (4–9)	0.3
Median adult ventilators (n)	2 (1–3)	2 (1–2)	3 (2–4)	0.04*
Pediatric/Neonatal ICU (n/%)	28 (62.2)	21 (100)	7 (29.2)	<0.001*
Median pediatric/neonatal ICU beds (n)	2 (2–5)	2 (1.5–3)	5 (3–5)	0.01*
Median pediatric/neonatal ventilators (n)	1 (0–1)	1 (0–1)	1 (0–2.5)	0.18

ICU, intensive care unit; p-values refer to comparisons between the provinces and Ulaanbaatar;

*, significant difference between the provinces and Ulaanbaatar.