Table 1. High reimbursement criteria for secondary and tertiary pediatric inpatient services.

Requirements	Criteria
	1	2	3	4	5
Full-time pediatricians	≥20	≥9	≥5	≥3	≥1
Patients/nurse	≤7	≤7	≤7	≤10	≤15
Ward	Children only			Beds for children ≥10	-
Mean hospital stay (days)	<21	<22	<23	<28	-
Number of hospitals as at January 17, 2017	66	187	93	329	128