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Table 2 Critical care resources in mainland China [8–16]

From: Clinical review: Critical care medicine in mainland China

Ref.

Year of survey

Region

Number of hospitals

Number of hospital beds

Number of ICUs

Total ICU beds

Percentage hospital beds

Average ICU beds

Number of intensivists per ICU

Number of nurses per ICU

[8]a

1999

25 provinces

155

90,848

316

1,934

2.1

6.4 ± 4.8

5.9 ± 3.4

11.0 ± 6.5

[9]b

2001

17 provinces

27

9,023

44

527

5.3

12

9.0

16.4

[10]c

2005

Jiangsu

61

41,759

180

548

1.4

9.0

6.3

14.5

[11]d

2005

Beijing

64

NA

126

1,092

NA

8.7

6.2

14.8

[12]e

2006

Guangdong

41

39,205

43

572

1.6 ± 0.9

13.3 ± 7.4

8.9 ± 3.6

25.3 ± 6.6

[13]f

2006

Guangdong

26

13,443

26

263

2.1 ± 0.8

10.1 ± 3.8

7.5 ± 2.5

18.2 ± 5.8

[14]g

2007

Guangxi

34

22,425

34

281

1.4 ± 0.5

8.3 ± 4.0

7.3 ± 3.1

15.6 ± 4.1

[15]h

2008

Shandong

139

77,665

196

1,702

2.2 ± 1.8

8.7 ± 5.9

6.9 ± 6.4

16.1 ± 10.1

[16]i

2009

21 provinces

24

46,752

24

499

1.1 ± 0.5

20.8 ± 14.1

13.2 ± 10.6

42.1 ± 32.1

  1. aResponse rate 15.3% (155 out of 1,210). bResponse rate 68% (27 out of 40), including 18 pediatric ICUs, 20 neonatal ICUs, and 6 mixed ICUs. cIncluding 30 tertiary hospitals and 31 local hospitals. dIncluding 106 ICUs in 46 tertiary hospitals and 20 ICUs in 18 local hospitals. eSurvey in tertiary hospitals. fSurvey in local hospitals. gIncluding 22 ICUs in 22 tertiary hospitals and 12 ICUs in 17 local hospitals. hIncluding 87 ICUs in 50 tertiary hospitals and 109 ICUs in 89 local hospitals. iData from 24 ICUs of 24 tertiary hospitals in 21 provinces. NA, not available.