Table 1.
Characterization of Brazilian health care network
| 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) |
Distance from ECS or Surgical care