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Table 3 Offer of professionals and specialized services selected in Rural Remote Municipalities, headquarters of health regions/macro-regions and states, Semi-arid, Brazil, 2019

From: Challenges to the provision of specialized care in remote rural municipalities in Brazil

Offer of professionals and specialized services

Brazil

Bahia State

Ibotirama Health Region

Ipupiara

Morpará

Juazeiro Health Region

Pilão Arcado

Piauí State

Vale Rios Piauí and Itaueiras Health Region

Rio Grande do Piauí

Population

211,755,692

15,324,591

196,095

10,157

8950

535,846

35,740

3,219,953

201,853

6331

Doctors / thousand inhabitants

2.3

1.7

0.5

*

*

1.2

*

0.9

0.4

*

Nurses / thousand inhabitants

10.1

7.4

6.3

*

*

11.4

*

5.4

3.4

*

General Surgeon

10,226

581

4

*

*

12

*

120

2

*

Pediatrician

40,905

1689

2

*

*

5

*

277

*

*

Psychiatrist

8914

328

1

*

*

3

*

80

*

*

Cardiologist

19,865

929

2

*

*

14

*

144

1

*

Cardiovascular Surgeon

620

24

*

*

*

*

*

4

*

*

Pediatric Surgeon

699

24

*

*

*

1

*

8

*

*

Plastic Surgeon

2693

80

1

*

*

3

*

13

1

*

Urologist

2477

121

3

*

*

9

*

21

*

*

Neurosurgeon

1300

44

*

*

*

1

*

21

*

*

Emergency Mobile Care Service

4568

460

12

2

1

18

1

141

23

1

Psychosocial Care Center

3225

290

5

*

*

12

1

67

5

1

Specialty Center

12,227

979

17

*

1

28

1

292

42

*

Polyclinic

2473

209

*

*

*

6

1

20

1

*

Specialized Hospital

563

54

*

*

*

5

13

2

*

Inpatient Beds

310,675

24,288

241

*

*

861

30

6821

441

*

Clinical Beds

125,880

9457

71

6

*

328

14

2720

219

2

Surgical Beds

73,446

6089

63

9

*

219

3

1380

72

*

Obstetric Beds

38,547

3569

59

6

2

122

6

1082

73

*

Pediatric Beds

36,828

3475

53

3

*

115

7

1064

49

*

MRI

3177

184

*

*

*

3

*

27

2

*

Computed Tomography

6229

286

*

*

*

6

*

89

6

*

X-Ray

84,403

4806

37

2

4

111

1

513

41

1

Ultrasound

49,845

3552

31

1

2

46

1

493

34

1

Mammography

5424

341

4

*

*

6

*

76

5

*

  1. Captions: *Information not available in the National Registry of Health Establishments
  2. Sources: SCNES – National Registry of Health Facilities / Ministry of Health