Table 5 The 15 variables related to medical and care resources
Category | Variable | Calculation method | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
Hospital resources | General hospital beds (per 10,000 people) | Number of “general hospital beds” / (population/10,000) | [34] |
Hospital beds for long-term care (per 10,000 people) | Number of “long-term hospital care beds” and “hospital psychiatric beds” / (population/10,000) | ||
Hospital physicians (per 10,000 people) | Number of “hospital physicians” / (population/10,000) | ||
Hospital nurses (per 10,000 people) | Number of “hospital nurses” / (population/10,000) | ||
Hospital assistant nurses (per 10,000 people) | Number of “hospital assistant nurses” / (population/10,000) | ||
Clinic resources | Clinics without beds (per 10,000 people) | Number of “clinics without beds” / (population/10,000) | [34] |
Clinic beds (per 10,000 people) | Number of “clinic beds” (excluding clinic long-term care beds) / (population/10,000) | ||
Clinic long-term care beds (per 10,000 people) | Number of “clinic long-term care beds” / (population/10,000) | ||
Clinic physicians (per 10,000 people) | Number of “clinic physicians” / (population/10,000) | ||
Clinic nurses (per 10,000 people) | Number of “clinic nurses” / (population/10,000) | ||
Clinic assistant nurses (per 10,000 people) | Number of “clinic assistant nurses” / (population/10,000) | ||
Care resources | Capacities of nursing homes (per 10,000 people) | Capacities of “nursing homes” / (population/10,000) | [35] |
Workers in nursing homes (per 10,000 people) | Number of “nurses” and “staff members” in “nursing homes” / (population/10,000) | ||
Home medical care and home care resources | Workers in home medical care and home care(per 10,000 people) | Number of “nurses” and “staff members” in “home medical care” and “home care” / (population/10,000) | [35] |
Other medical resources | Universities with a faculty of medicine | Number of “universities with a faculty of medicine” | [36] |