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

Table 3 Number of provinces with resource mismatches and their populations

	Total Population (million)	No. of Provinces	No. of provinces with a resource mismatch*	% of population living in provinces with resource mismatch*	Population living in provinces with resource mismatch (million)
Cambodia	13.4	24	2	10	1.3
Lao PDR	5.6	17	0	0	0
Thailand	63.4	76	7	21	13.2
Vietnam	85.4	63	7	6	5.4

*A resource mismatch is defined as a province that is both relatively underserved (lowest quintile) for at least one resource item and relatively oversupplied (highest quintile) for at least one other resource item.

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