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Medical practitioners per 100 000 population
| Definition | Ratio of the number of medical practitioners (doctors) to the population (per 100 000). Note that the measure of the number of personnel may differ for the public and private sectors and also that the population may be adjusted to be the population assumed to be dependent on that sector. |
| Reference | Van Rensburg D, van Rensburg N. Distribution of human resources. In: Crisp N, Ntuli A, editors. South African Health Review 1999. Durban: Health Systems Trust; 1999. |
| Ref. URL | http://www.hst.org.za/publications/216 |
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Indicator Type: -> Health Services -> Health Personnel -> Personnel per population [Related Resources]
| EC | FS | GP | KZN | LP | MP | NC | NW | WC | ZA |
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| Medical practitioners per 100 000 population [Definition] |
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| 1998 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | [1] 56.3 |
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| 1998 Public sector | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | [2] 18.3 |
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| 2000 Public sector | 12.3 | 24.3 | 36.6 | 24.0 | 12.5 | 16.4 | 28.9 | 11.9 | 39.7 | [3] 21.9 |
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| 2001 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | [4] 69.2 |
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| 2001 Public sector | 12.2 | 22.2 | 28.7 | 22.3 | 12.2 | 16.4 | 26.3 | 12.2 | 32.5 | [5] 19.8 |
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| 2002 Public sector | 11.3 | 23.4 | 29.1 | 22.4 | 9.1 | 16.6 | 24.2 | 11.8 | 33.1 | [6] 19.3 |
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| 2003 Public sector | 12.7 | 23.1 | 25.4 | 21.3 | 14.3 | 17.9 | 28.4 | 11.5 | 31.9 | [7] 19.7 |
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| 2005 Public sector | 15.8 | 20.7 | 25.9 | 24.2 | 14.3 | 21.5 | 36.5 | 13.6 | 36.1 | [8] 21.9 |
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| 2006 Public sector | 16.1 | 21.4 | 29.7 | 27.5 | 14.8 | 22.0 | 34.7 | 14.8 | 38.8 | [9] 23.7 |
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| 2007 Public sector | 17.0 | 22.8 | 29.5 | 30.1 | 17.4 | 20.9 | 41.2 | 14.9 | 33.8 | [10] 24.4 |
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| 2008 Public sector | 17.9 | 23.2 | 32.0 | 34.7 | 17.4 | 18.3 | 35.7 | 14.1 | 37.9 | [11] 26.0 |
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| EC: Eastern Cape FS: Free State GP: Gauteng KZN: KwaZulu-Natal LP: Limpopo MP: Mpumalanga NC: Northern Cape NW: North West WC: Western Cape ZA: South Africa |
Notes and References
- WHOSIS: WHO Estimates of Health Personnel. http://www3.who.int/whosis/health_personnel/health_personnel.cfm Now called Global Atlas of the Health Workforce. Available from http://www.who.int/GlobalAtlas/
Local copy: -
Not all country data is for 1998 exactly, but most are around 1998. Data presumably includes both public and private sector personnel. Occupational categories are not defined and therefore may not be entirely comparable with other data sources. This data is for Physicians.
- SAHR 1999 Ch16: Van Rensburg D, van Rensburg N. Distribution of human resources. In: Crisp N, Ntuli A, editors. South African Health Review 1999. Durban: Health Systems Trust; 1999. http://www.hst.org.za/publications/216
Local copy: http://www.hst.org.za/indicators/
Proportion calculated using total population.
- PERSAL: PERSAL Personnel Administration System
Local copy: http://www.hst.org.za/indicators/HumanResources/PERSAL/
Proportion calculated excluding medical aid members so as to approximate the public sector dependent population. Extracted 2000-12-14.
- WHOSIS: WHO Estimates of Health Personnel. http://www3.who.int/whosis/health_personnel/health_personnel.cfm Now called Global Atlas of the Health Workforce. Available from http://www.who.int/GlobalAtlas/
Local copy: -
Downloaded 11/6/2005
- PERSAL: PERSAL Personnel Administration System
Local copy: http://www.hst.org.za/indicators/HumanResources/PERSAL/
Proportion calculated excluding medical aid members so as to approximate the public sector dependent population. Extracted 2001-11-30.
- PERSAL: PERSAL Personnel Administration System
Local copy: http://www.hst.org.za/indicators/HumanResources/PERSAL/
Proportion calculated excluding medical aid members so as to approximate the public sector dependent population. Extracted 2002-09-30.
- PERSAL: PERSAL Personnel Administration System
Local copy: http://www.hst.org.za/indicators/HumanResources/PERSAL/
Extracted 2003-19-30
- PERSAL: PERSAL Personnel Administration System
Local copy: http://www.hst.org.za/indicators/HumanResources/PERSAL/
Extracted 2005-05-31
- PERSAL: PERSAL Personnel Administration System
Local copy: http://www.hst.org.za/indicators/HumanResources/PERSAL/
Extracted 2006-03-31
- PERSAL: PERSAL Personnel Administration System
Local copy: http://www.hst.org.za/indicators/HumanResources/PERSAL/
- PERSAL: PERSAL Personnel Administration System
Local copy: http://www.hst.org.za/indicators/HumanResources/PERSAL/
Data extracted 2008-03-31. Note that this total includes only the posts that are filled at time of data extraction. The South African total also includes posts within the National Department of Health.
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