Public health personnel and hospital beds per capita (2012–2017)
| Resources Density per 1000 people | Location | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 |
| Physicians formally employed in SUS | Brazil | 1.43 | 1.34 | 1.33 | 1.33 | 1.28 | 1.29 |
| Maranhão | 0.27 | 0.32 | 0.30 | 0.27 | 0.25 | 0.28 | |
| São Paulo | 2.18 | 1.77 | 1.81 | 1.75 | 1.71 | 1.64 | |
| Nurses formally employed in SUS | Brazil | 1.13 | 1.20 | 1.30 | 1.34 | 1.35 | 1.42 |
| Maranhão | 0.49 | 0.57 | 0.63 | 0.51 | 0.61 | 0.75 | |
| São Paulo | 1.51 | 1.59 | 1.72 | 1.77 | 1.80 | 1.85 | |
| Intensive+intermediate SUS beds | Brazil | 0.14 | 0.13 | 0.14 | 0.14 | 0.14 | 0.14 |
| Maranhão | 0.09 | 0.10 | 0.10 | 0.11 | 0.11 | 0.11 | |
| São Paulo | 0.16 | 0.15 | 0.15 | 0.15 | 0.15 | 0.16 |
Source: Annual Relation of Social Indicators, National Health Facilities Register.