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. 2022 Aug 22:1–8. doi: 10.1017/dmp.2022.214

Table 1.

Total and mean of region’s rates of devices, hospital beds, and health professionals per 10,000 inhabitants/users coefficient of variation and mean values, according to total or SUS-only availability: Brazilian Health Regions, January and December 2020

Device/hospital bed/professional Total Total SUS SUS
(01/2020) (12/2020) (01/2020) (12/2020)
Total Mean of region’s rates CV of region’s rates Total Mean of region’s rates CV of region’s rates Total Mean of region’s rates CV of region’s rates Total Mean of region’s rates CV of region’s rates
Resuscitators 130'350 4.77 66.7% 143'662 5.23 65.7% 95'403 4.90 74.4% 105'644 5.42 74.3%
Respirators/ventilators 61'219 1.80 76.3% 79'766 2.55 65.8% 43'579 1.83 80.2% 60'168 2.73 70.4%
ECG monitors 85'569 2.52 84.9% 100'044 2.95 80.5% 55'536 2.44 94.5% 66'261 2.93 88.8%
Defibrillators 41'151 1.54 58.0% 45'468 1.69 56.0% 27'049 1.45 63.2% 30'052 1.61 60.4%
CT scanners 4'846 0.19 69.9% 5'319 0.21 67.1% 2'356 0.13 83.0% 2'635 0.15 79.5%
Clinical beds and adult Intermediate Care 159'630 7.89 41.1% 189'641 9.00 38.0% 111'160 7.10 40.0% 136'405 8.36 37.6%
Beds in adult ICU 31'632 0.84 98.5% 53'913 1.62 77.5% 15'326 0.66 102.6% 24'898 1.08 92.2%
Nurses 168'931 5.35 59.7% 199'242 6.27 57.7% 139'650 5.91 66.1% 166'219 6.97 63.8%
Physical therapists 36'055 1.02 87.5% 47'217 1.33 83.6% 30'238 1.16 95.6% 40'357 1.52 91.1%
Doctors/physicians 575'820 19.22 79.3% 631'549 20.46 78.5% 451'642 20.76 85.6% 494'008 22.22 85.0%
Certified nursing assistants 524'933 18.00 54.9% 587'573 19.89 55.2% 431'707 19.77 61.0% 486'425 21.93 61.0%