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

From: Evaluating medical education regulation changes in Brazil: workforce impact

 

Medical undergraduate places increases

Municipality characteristics

2010–2012

2013–2015

2016–2018

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