Evaluating medical education regulation changes in Brazil: workforce impact

Table 2 Medical undergraduate places created and ratio per 10,000 inhabitants per triennium

	Medical undergraduate places increases
Municipality characteristics	2010–2012		2013–2015		2016–2018
Municipality characteristics	Absolute	Ratio per 10,000 inhabitants	Absolute	Ratio per 10,000 inhabitants	Absolute	Ratio per 10,000 inhabitants
Macro-region
Midwest	97	0.04	1247	0.76	462	0.23
Northeast	553	0.10	1638	0.26	2853	0.50
North	105	0.01	378	0.16	925	0.47
Southeast	370	0.04	2514	0.24	5391	0.58
South	380	0.14	1014	0.30	1592	0.51
Population
Up to 100,000 inhabitants	345	0.04	1685	0.17	1842	0.19
Between 100,001 and 500,000 inhabitants	750	0.14	2826	0.48	4381	0.78
Above 500,000 inhabitants	410	0.06	2280	0.30	5000	0.77
Physician inhabitant ratio in 2009
Up to 01 physician per 1000 inhabitants	358	0.07	1089	0.19	2353	0.46
Between 01 and 1.5 physicians per 1000 inhabitants	649	0.13	2487	0.47	2563	0.49
Above 1.5 physicians per 1000 inhabitants	498	0.04	3215	0.25	6307	0.55
GDP per capita in 2009
Below the national average	245	0.03	1326	0.16	1580	0.20
Above the national average	1260	0.08	5465	0.36	9643	0.70
Medical school ownership
State public schools	265	0.01	201	0.00	184	0.01
Federal public schools	278	0.01	1447	0.06	377	0.01
Municipal public schools	154	0.01	477	0.02	660	003
Private	808	0.04	4666	0.20	10002	047

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