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 |
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[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 |