Table 2.
Number of ICUs | Number of ICU beds per 100 hospital beds | Number of ICU beds per 100 000 population | ||
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North America | ||||
Canada (excluding Quebec)* | 319 | 3·4 | 13·5 | |
USA* | 5980 | 9·0 | 20·0 | |
Carribean and South America | ||||
Colombia† | 89 | 3·5 | .. | |
Trinidad and Tobago‡ | 6 | .. | 2·1 | |
Europe | ||||
Belgium* | 135 | 4·4 | 21·9 | |
Croatia§ | 123 | 3·3 | 20·3 | |
France* | 550 | 2·5 | 9·3 | |
Germany* | .. | 4·1 | 24·6 | |
Netherlands* | 115 | 2·8 | 8·4 | |
Spain* | 258 | 2·5 | 8·2 | |
Sweden¶ | 89 | .. | 8·7 | |
UK* | 268 | 1·2 | 3·5 | |
Africa | ||||
South Africa‖ | 308 | 8·9 | ||
Public sector | .. | 1·7 | 3·8 | |
Private sector | .. | 8·9 | 5·1 | |
Zambia** | 29 | 0·2 | .. | |
Australasia | ||||
Australia†† | 160 | .. | 8·0 | |
Public sector | 104 | .. | 5·6 | |
Private sector | 56 | .. | 2·4 | |
New Zealand†† | 26 | 0·9 | 4·8 | |
Public sector | 24 | 1·5 | 4·6 | |
Private sector | 2 | 0·097 | 0·3 | |
China‡‡ (median, IQR) | .. | 1·8, 1·3–2·1 | 3·9, 2·8–4·6 | |
Sri Lanka§§ (public sector) | 52 | .. | 1·6 |
Data are estimates. Data were obtained at different times and are based on different definitions of intensive care unit (ICU) and hospital beds. IQR=interquartile range.
From reference 34; data include adult ICUs and acute care hospital beds.
From reference 35; the type of ICU is not reported. The estimate of ICU beds per 100 hospital beds is based on data from 63 ICUs.
From reference 36; data include adult and paediatric ICUs. The estimate of ICU beds per 100 000 population includes data from five of six ICUs; the sixth ICU “was not fully developed”36.
From reference 37; data include adult, paediatric, and neonatal ICUs. Estimates of ICU beds per 100 hospital beds and per 100 000 population are based on 117 of 123 ICUs (including six psychiatric ICUs).
From reference 38; refers to staffed beds and the estimate of ICU beds per 100 000 population includes data from at least 80 of 89 ICUs.
From reference 39; data include adult, paediatric, and neonatal ICUs. Number of ICUs refers to number of hospitals with an ICU, and the denominator of number of ICU beds per 100 hospital beds includes all hospitals. If hospitals with ICUs are used to calculate ICU beds per 100 hospital beds, the figures are 3·9 (public sector) and 9·3 (private sector).
From reference 40; data from 69 of 87 hospitals in the country.
From reference 41; data on number of ICU beds include 93% and 96% of both adult and paediatric ICUs in Australia and New Zealand, respectively.
From reference 42; which reviewed eight papers and a national professional society survey.
From reference 43; data include adult, paediatric, and neonatal ICUs. The number of beds per 100 000 population is based on 49 ICUs and assumes that each has six beds (the number of beds per ICU varied from four to eight).