Physicians rate
Dimension: Vulnerability
Area: Institutional capacity
Category: Healthcare
Definition: This indicator measures the physician rate, which are health professionals, including generalists, specialist medical practitioners, and medical doctors not further defined. The World Healthcare Organization (WHO) estimates there should be at least 2.5 medical staff per 1,000 people (World Bank, 2023).
- Unit of measure: number of physicians
- Formula:
Numerator: number of physicians in a territory.
Denominator: total population.
Data sources:
- Healthcare national system data
- National census
Comments and limitations: This indicator with the rate of healthcare facilities serve as an approximation of the quality of the healthcare system.
- World Bank (2023). Physicians (per 1,000 people). Data. https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SH.MED.PHYS.ZS