Sri Lanka Human Development Report 2012.pdf
Sri Lanka Human Development Report 2012.pdf
Sri Lanka Human Development Report 2012.pdf
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Table 3.4: Health Workforce and Infrastructure: A Country Comparison<br />
Country physician density per Nursing and Hospital beds per<br />
10,000 people, 2000-2010 midwifery personnel 10,000 people, 2000-2009<br />
density per 10,000<br />
people, 2000-2010<br />
Singapore 18.3 59.0 31<br />
Malaysia 9.4 27.3 18<br />
Republic of Korea 19.7 52.9 123<br />
China 14.2 1.8 41<br />
Thailand 3.0 15.2 22<br />
Philippines 11.5 60.0 5<br />
Indonesia 2.9 20.4 6<br />
Maldives 16.0 44.5 26<br />
India 6.0 13.0 9<br />
Pakistan 8.1 5.6 6<br />
Bangladesh 3.0 2.7 4.0<br />
Nepal 2.1 4.6 50<br />
Myanmar 4.6 8.0 6<br />
<strong>Sri</strong> <strong>Lanka</strong> 4.9 19.3 31<br />
Note: The figures are estimated values for the period given.<br />
Source: World Health Organization, World Health Statistics 2011.<br />
Available health resources are not well distributed, with<br />
medical facilities, physicians and nurses concentrated in<br />
metropolitan areas, especially Colombo (Figures 3.8, 3.9,<br />
3.10 and 3.11), and scarcer in conflict-affected and poor<br />
rural districts. The Government has recognized the need<br />
for adequate local facilities to screen patients and refer<br />
them to special care facilities as needed, but available<br />
evidence suggests that both health personnel and facilities<br />
are insufficient. Many patients bypass primary health<br />
facilities to directly access secondary and tertiary health<br />
care facilities, leading to congestion. 88<br />
Figure 3.8: Government Hospital Beds per 1,000 People<br />
Figure 3.9: Government Medical Institutions with Specialties<br />
Source: Ministry of Health 2007.<br />
Source: Ministry of Health 2007.<br />
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