An analysis of health system resources in relation to pandemic response capacity in the Greater Mekong Subregion

Table 1 Number of provinces that are relatively underserved for each resource, and their populations

	Total Population (million)	Number Provinces	Number of provinces underserved for each resource type				% of population living in underserved provinces
			Health workers	Beds	Ven-tilators	Osel-tamivir	Health workers	Beds	Ven-tilators	Osel-tamivir
Cambodia	13.4	24	14	17	20	24	78	76	84	100
Lao PDR	5.6	17	9	14	15	7	66	76	90	27
Thailand	63.4	76	15	3	1	15	28	4	1	27
Vietnam	85.4	63	1	12	12	2	2	20	20	3

Underserved provinces are operationally defined as those with resource densities in the lowest quintile across all provinces.

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