From: Investing in health systems for universal health coverage in Africa
Medical devices and beds | African region average (A) | Global average (B) | Gap [C = B/A)] |
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Computed tomography units per million population | 0.4 | 1.9 (at Eastern Mediterranean Region) | 4.8-fold |
Radiotherapy units per million population | 0.1 | 1.8 | 18.0-fold |
Mammography units per million females aged 50 to 69years | 7.4 | 20.9 | 2.8-fold |
Hospital beds per 10 000 population (2012) | 9 | 27 | 3.0-fold |
Psychiatric beds per 10 000 population (2010) | 0.6 | 2.5 | 4.2-fold |
Hospitals per 10 000 population | 0.8 | 0.9 (at Eastern Mediterranean Region) | 1.1-fold |