Physician density (per 1,000 population)

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Physician density (per 1,000 population)

Physician density is the number of physician's relative to the size of a country’s population (per 1,000 population). Having a sufficient number of primary health workers is critical to service delivery.

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Data Source Notes

Global Health Observatory (GHO). Population is derived from United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects database. Physician counts are derived from: population censuses, labor force and employment surveys, health facility assessments and routine administrative information systems (including reports on public expenditure, staffing and payroll as well as professional training, registration and licensure). Read more here. 

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The PHCPI Core Indicators rely on third party data. To learn more about our data, please review our methodology note, or e-mail us at info@improvingPHC.org.