Evaluating medical education regulation changes in Brazil: workforce impact

Table 4 Variation of physicians in the workforce and ratio per 1000 inhabitants per triennium

Municipality characteristics	2010–2012		2013–2015		2016–2018		2010–2018
Municipality characteristics	Absolute number	Physician per inhabitants ratio	Absolute number	Physician per inhabitants ratio	Absolute number	Physician per inhabitants ratio	Absolute increase in the physician per inhabitants ratio	Relative increase in the physician per inhabitants ratio (%)
Macro-region
Midwest	2198	0.10	3721	0.14	4190	0.19	0.42	28.01
Northeast	4140	0.07	9968	0.13	7084	0.12	0.32	33.68
North	914	0.01	3647	0.16	1723	0.06	0.22	28.40
Southeast	12546	0.14	20140	0.13	22628	0.21	0.48	25.14
South	4035	0.14	8190	0.19	8578	0.25	0.59	37.83
Population
Up to 20,000 inhabitants	− 408	− 0.01	4060	0.10	1045	0.03	0.11	20.95
Between 20,001 and 50,000 inhabitants	680	0.01	4915	0.11	2368	0.06	0.17	23.90
Between 50,001 and 100,000 inhabitants	1337	0.03	5163	0.15	4206	0.14	0.33	31.74
Between 100,001 and 500,000 inhabitants	7893	0.14	12939	0.15	14116	0.21	0.50	30.31
Above 500,000 inhabitants	14331	0.23	18589	0.17	22468	0.30	0.71	28.73
Physician inhabitant ratio in 2009
Up to 01 physician per 1000 inhabitants	2793	0.05	8766	0.13	5259	0.09	0.27	33.54
Between 01 and 1.5 physicians per 1000 inhabitants	4791	0.08	10460	0.15	9778	0.17	0.39	31.98
Above 1.5 physicians per 1000 inhabitants	16249	0.15	26440	0.15	29166	0.22	0.51	27.03
GDP per capita in 2009
Below the national average	1840	0.02	10337	0.10	4587	0.05	0.18	28.47
Above the national average	21993	0.15	35329	0.16	39616	0.25	0.55	27.47

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