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 |
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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 | * |