Mapping intensive care across Ibero-America: The FEPIMCTI multinational survey of bed capacity, workforce, and pandemic response

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dc.contributor.authorMatos, Alfredo
dc.contributor.authorGiglio, Andrés
dc.contributor.authorPérez-Fernandez, Javier
dc.contributor.authorNates, Joseph
dc.contributor.authorCárdenas, Yenny
dc.contributor.authorRaimondi, Nestor
dc.contributor.authorSánchez, Jorge
dc.contributor.authorHidalgo, Jorge
dc.contributor.authorRezende, Ederlon
dc.contributor.authorBorges-Sa, Marcio
dc.coverage.spatialEstados Unidos
dc.date.accessioned2026-08-18T17:10:23Z
dc.date.available2026-08-18T17:10:23Z
dc.date.issued0022-07-26
dc.description.abstractBackground: Intensive care resources are unequally distributed across Ibero-America, and reliable comparable data are scarce, hindering cross-national comparison and health-system planning. Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional survey of the 25 national critical care societies affiliated with FEPIMCTI. Presidents or designated representatives reported country-level data on ICU beds, intensivist and nursing workforce, organizational models, training pathways, and surge capacity before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. Resource density was summarized as the country-level median with IQR and as the population-weighted regional rate. Results: Twenty-one countries, including Spain and Portugal, participated, representing 693.6 million inhabitants. A total of 78,723 ICU beds were reported (country-level median 6.1 per 100,000, IQR 3.3–12.4; population-weighted rate 11.3), with public ICUs accounting for 51.6%. A total of 23,803 intensivists were identified (median 2.6 per 100,000, IQR 1.0–5.0), with five countries below 1 per 100,000. Nurse-to-patient ratios ranged from 1:1 to 1:7, and universal 24/7 intensivist coverage was reported in only a subset of countries. During the pandemic, ICU bed capacity rose 69%; among the 20 countries with data for both periods, physician involvement rose 32%, largely through redeployment of non-intensivists rather than growth of the certified workforce. Conclusions: Critical care capacity, workforce, and organization vary widely across Ibero-America, with many countries below high-income benchmarks and pandemic surges met largely through temporary redeployment. These findings provide the first coordinated regional benchmark to guide workforce development, standardized training, and organizational strengthening.
dc.description.embargo22/07/2027
dc.identifier.citationJournal of Critical Care, Vol. 96 (2026) pp. 1-8
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcrc.2026.155694
dc.identifier.issn0883-9441
dc.identifier.orcidhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-0533-4531
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12254/7717
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherElsevier
dc.rightsAtribución-NoComercial-CompartirIgual 3.0 Chile (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 CL)
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/cl/
dc.titleMapping intensive care across Ibero-America: The FEPIMCTI multinational survey of bed capacity, workforce, and pandemic response
dc.typeArticle
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