Family/General doctors per 100 000 inhabitants
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Mainland Portugal
Family/General doctors of Ministry of Health, per 100 000 inhabitants
(a) Calculated by DGS to mainland Portugal. Source: PNS 2004-2010, Vol.1 page 76.
(b) Country with National Health Service similar to the portuguese, Source: OECD Health Data (2008)
Source: Calculated by GIP/ACS with data from ACSS, 2009
(a) Calculated by DGS to mainland Portugal. Source: PNS 2004-2010, Vol.1 page 76.
(b) Country with National Health Service similar to the portuguese, Source: OECD Health Data (2008)
Source: Calculated by GIP/ACS with data from ACSS, 2009
Despite of being already above National Health Plan target to 2010 (60 Family/General doctors per 100 000 inhabitants), the value of this indicator decreased between 2004 and 2006 (from 64,7 to 62,2 per 100 000 inhabitants). In 2007 this trend was reverted. By that year the number of doctors per inhabitant showed a slight recuperation, reaching 62,7%ooo.
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Region
Family/General doctors of Ministry of Health per 100 000 inhabitants, by Region
(a) Calculated by DGS to mainland Portugal. Source: PNS 2004-2010, Vol.1 page 76.
(b) Country with National Health Service similar to the portuguese, Source: OECD Health Data (2008)
Source: Calculated by GIP/ACS with data from ACSS, 2009
(*)The sum of the professionals by Region doesn't match with the mainland Portugal value becauseit wasn't possible to determine the Region in some cases
(a) Calculated by DGS to mainland Portugal. Source: PNS 2004-2010, Vol.1 page 76.
(b) Country with National Health Service similar to the portuguese, Source: OECD Health Data (2008)
Source: Calculated by GIP/ACS with data from ACSS, 2009
From 2004 to 2007, the number of Family/General doctors per 100,000 inhabitants in Portugal decreased 3,1%. The ratio Public Health doctors/inhabitant was higher in Algarve, all over the period.
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Region and Gender
Family/General doctors of Ministry of Health per 100 000 inhabitants, by Region and by gender
Source: Calculated by GIP/ACS with data from ACSS, 2009
(*)The sum of the professionals by Region doesn't match with the mainlandPortugal value because it wasn't possible to determine the Region in some cases
(a) NUTs level 2 (2002). Source: Calculated by GIP/ACS with data from ACSS, 2009
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