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Articles | 2024
Critical care bed capacity in Asian countries and regions before and during the COVID19 pandemic: an observational study
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Jason Phua, Atul Prabhakar Kulkarni, Toshiyuki Mizota, Seyed Mohammad Reza Hashemian, Won-Yeon Lee, Chairat Permpikul, Kaweesak Chittawatanarat, Phongsak Nitikaroon, Yaseen M Arabi, Wen-Feng Fang, Aidos Konkayev, Madiha Hashmi, Jose Emmanuel Palo, Mohammad Omar Faruq, Babu Raja Shrestha, KC Bijay, Mohd Basri bin Mat Nor, Kyi Kyi Sann, Lowell Ling, Rashan Haniffa, Maher Al Bahrani, Naranpurev Mendsaikhan, Yiong Huak Chan
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Elsevier
Background
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic highlighted the importance of critical care. The aim of the current study was to compare the number of adult critical care beds in relation to population size in Asian countries and regions before (2017) and during (2022) the pandemic.
Methods
This observational study collected data closest to 2022 on critical care beds (intensive care units and intermediate care units) in 12 middle-income and 7 high-income economies (using the 2022–2023 World Bank classification), through a mix of methods including government sources, national critical care societies, personal contacts, and data extrapolation. Data were compared with a prior study from 2017 of the same countries and regions.
Findings
The cumulative number of critical care beds per 100,000 population increased from 3.0 in 2017 to 9.4 in 2022 (p = 0.003). The median figure for middle-income …
