Table 4. Comparison with other national surveys on PICUs.

Variables	Korea, 2015	U.S., 2005	Europe, 2002	Nepal, 2015	Pakistan, 2010	Turkey, 2014
Hospitals surveyed	12	257	92	16	16	63
Cumulative pediatric beds	3,729	-	-	1,278	2,551	8,027
Cumulative PICU beds	113	-	1,198	93	155	602
PCC trained physician	8	-	-	1	3	19
Pediatric intensivist working in PICU	6 (46)	243 (94.5)	90 (97.8)	1 (6.3)	-	19 (30.1)
Pediatric intensivists/PICU beds	0.07	0.3	-	0.01	0.02	0.03
PICU with ventilators	13 (100)	257 (100)	-	16 (100)	15 (94)	-
PICU with bedside monitors	13 (100)	256 (99.6)	-	16 (100)	16 (100)	-
Number of nurses per PICU bed	2.1	2.9	-	-	-	1.34

Values are presented as number (% of units) unless otherwise indicated.

PICU = pediatric intensive cre unit, PCC = pediatric critical care.