Table 2.

Trends of the annual average of the physiotherapists workforce-to-population ratio

Region	Sector	Trends of Physiotherapy Workforce %change annual average (95% CI) 2007–2016
		PHC	SHC	THC
Brazil	Public	0.9 (0.7;1.1)ab p < 0.001	0.2 (0.1;0.4)a p = 0.004	0.8 (0.6;0.9)ab p < 0.001
	Private	0.2 (− 0.2;0.6) p = 0.362	0.6 (0.5;0.7)ab p < 0.001	0.8 (0.5;1.0)ab p < 0.001
North	Public	1.0 (0.9;1.2)ab p < 0.001	0.4 (0.2;0.6)a p < 0.001	0.8 (0.7;0.9)ab p < 0.001
	Private	1.4 (0.6;2.1)a p < 0.001	0.9 (0.7;1.2)a p < 0.001	0.5 (0.2;0.9)a p = 0.007
Northeast	Public	1.5 (1.1;1.8)ab p < 0.000	0.3 (0.1;0.4)a p < 0.000	0.8 (0.7;0.9)ab p < 0.000
	Private	1.5 (0.4;2.8)a p = 0.007	0.7 (0.5;0.8)a p < 0.001	0.3 (0.2;0.5)a p < 0.001
Southeast	Public	0.6 (0.4;0.7)ab p < 0.001	0.1 (−0.01;0.2) p = 0.117	0.7 (0.5;0.9)ab p = 0.014
	Private	−0.2 (−0.4;−0.04) p < 0.001	0.6 (0.4;0.8)a p < 0.001	0.9 (0.6;1.2)a p < 0.001
South	Public	0.6 (0.5;0.7)ab p < 0.000	0.3 (0.1;0.4)a p < 0.000	0.8 (0.7;0.9)ab p < 0.000
	Private	−0.8 (−1.6;−0.1)c p = 0.019	0.5 (0.4;0.6)a p < 0.001	0.4 (0.2;0.6)a p < 0.001
Central-west	Public	0.9 (0.7;1.1)ab p < 0.001	0.3 (0.2;0.4)a p < 0.001	0.7 (0.6;0.7)ab p < 0.001
	Private	0.3 (0.1;0.5)a p = 0.004	0.4 (0.2;0.6)a p < 0.0001	−0.08 (−0.2;0.04) p < 0.221

Brazil and regions, 2007–2016

PHC, primary health care; SHC, secondary health care; THC, tertiary health care

^aGrowth from 2007 to 2016

^bSignificant difference in relation to the care level

^cReduction from 2007 to 2016