The physiotherapy workforce in the Brazilian Unified Health Care System

Rodés, Carolina Hart; Daré, João Vitor Lovato; de Araujo, Bruna Carolina; Graciani, Leonardo; João, Silvia Maria Amado; Germani, Ana Claudia Camargo Gonçalves; Schmitt, Ana Carolina Basso

doi:10.1186/s12960-021-00642-8

Human Resources for Health

Table 1 Physiotherapy workforce-to-population ratio, by sector and care level, in Brazil and regions. 2007 and 2016

From: The physiotherapy workforce in the Brazilian Unified Health Care System

Region	Year	Sector	Care level						Total
			PHC		SHC		THC		Total
			Physiotherapist/1.000 population	%	Physiotherapist/1.000 population	%	Physiotherapist/1.000 population	%	Physiotherapist/1.000 population	%
Brazil	2007	Public	0.0249	11.5	0.0673	31.1	0.0488	22.5	0.1411	65.1	p = *0.0274*^a
		Private	0.0005	0.2	0.0669	30.9	0.0084	3.9	0.0757	34.9	p = *0.0274*^a
		Total	0.0254	11.7	0.1342	61.9	0.0572	26.4	0.2168	100
			p < *0.0001*^b
					p < *0.0001*^c
			p = 0.0660^d
	2016	Public	0.063	15.2	0.0896	21.6	0.1145	27.6	0.2671	64.4	p = *0.0209*^a
		Private	0.0006	0.1	0.1282	30.9	0.0187	4.5	0.1474	35.6	p = *0.0209*^a
		Total	0.0636	15.3	0.2178	52.5	0.1331	32.1	0.4145	100
			p < *0.0001*^b
					p = *0.0420*^c
			p = 0.1230^d
North	2007	Public	0.0139	14.3	0.0309	32	0.0314	32.5	0.0762	78.8	p < *0.0001*^a
		Private	0	0	0.0181	18.7	0.0025	2.5	0.0205	21.2	p < *0.0001*^a
		Total	0.0139	14.3	0.049	50.7	0.0339	35	0.0967	100
			p = *0.0030*^b
					p = 0.3690^d
			p = 0.1470^d
	2016	Public	0.0452	19	0.0527	22.2	0.0842	35.5	0.1821	76.7	p < *0.0001*^a
		Private	0.0003	0.1	0.0516	21.7	0.0034	1.4	0.0554	23.3	p < *0.0001*^a
		Total	0.0455	19.2	0.1043	43.9	0.0877	36.9	0.2375	100
			p = 0.0580^a
					p = 1.0000^c
			p = 0.2630^d
Northeast	2007	Public	0.0163	10.1	0.0581	36.2	0.0454	28.3	0.1198	74.6	p = *0.0003*^a
		Private	0.0002	0.1	0.0363	22.6	0.0044	2.7	0.0408	25.4	p = *0.0003*^a
		Total	0.0164	10.2	0.0944	58.8	0.0498	31	0.1606	100
			p < *0.0001*^b
					p = *0.0060*^c
			p = 0.0630^d
	2016	Public	0.0788	22.2	0.0789	22.2	0,1126	31.7	0.2703	76.1	p < *0.0001*^a
		Private	0.0008	0.2	0.0773	21.8	0,0065	1.8	0.0847	23.8	p < *0.0001*^a
		Total	0.0796	22.4	0.1562	44	0,1191	33.6	0.355	100
			p = 0.1280^a
					p = 0.9170^c
			p = 0.8650^d
Southeast	2007	Public	0.0326	12	0.079	29	0.0612	22.5	0.1728	63.5	p = *0.0394*^a
		Private	0.0006	0.2	0.0845	31	0.0145	5.3	0.0996	36.5	p = *0.0394*^a
		Total	0.0332	12.2	0.1635	60	0.0756	27.8	0.2724	100
			p < *0.0001*^b
					p < *0.0001*^c
			p = 0.0370^d
	2016	Public	0.0593	12.3	0.0933	19.4	0.1314	27.3	0.2839	59.1	p = 0.1564^a
		Private	0.0005	0.1	0.1592	33.2	0.0366	7.6	0.1963	40.9	p = 0.1564^a
		Total	0.0598	12.4	0.2525	52.6	0.1679	35	0.4803	100
			p < *0.0001*^b
					p = 0.0600^c
			p = *0.0150*^d
South	2007	Public	0.0343	11.8	0.0971	33.4	0.0389	13.4	0.1703	58.5	p = 0.3463^a
		Private	0.0011	0.4	0.1153	39.6	0.0042	1.5	0.1207	41.5	p = 0.3463^a
		Total	0.0354	12.2	0.2124	73	0.0431	14.8	0.2909	100
			p < *0.000*1^b
					p < *0.0001*^c
			p = 1.0000^d
	2016	Public	0.0635	12.7	0.1351	27.1	0.0948	19.1	0.2933	58.9	p = 0.2607^a
		Private	0.0005	0.1	0.1967	39.5	0.0072	1.5	0.2044	41.1	p = 0.2607^a
		Total	0.0639	12.8	0.3318	66.6	0.1021	20.5	0.4978	100
			p < *0.0001*^b
					p < *0.0001*^c
			p = 0.8020^d
Central-west	2007	Public	0.0213	9.3	0.0539	23.6	0.0575	25.2	0.1327	58.1	p = 0.2379^a
		Private	0.0077	3.4	0.0802	35.1	0.0079	3.4	0.0957	41.9	p = 0.2379^a
		Total	0.029	12.7	0.1341	58.7	0.0653	28.6	0.2285	100
			p < *0.0001*^b
					p = *0.0010*^c
			p = 0.0830^d
	2016	Public	0.057	14,4	0.0801	20.2	0.119	30.1	0,256	64,7	p = *0.0315*^a
		Private	0.0101	2,5	0.1236	31.2	0.0062	1.6	0.1398	35,3	p = *0.0315*^a
		Total	0.067	16.9	0.2036	51.4	0.1252	31.6	0.3958	100
			p = *0.0010*^a
					p = 0.0860^c
			p = 0.3350^d

PHC, primary health care; SHC, secondary health care; THC, tertiary health care
^aAnova between public and private
^bAnova and Bonferroni correction between PHC and SHC level
^cAnova and Bonferroni correction between SHC and THC level
^dAnova and Bonferroni correction between PHC and THC level
Values of p showing significant differences are represented in bold

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