Professions | Public sector | Private hospitals and clinicsc | Total | ||||
Hospitalsa | Health centresa | Subtotal | Per 1000 populationb | Total number | Per 1000 populationb | ||
Medical doctors/physicians | 20,530 | 1851 | 22,381 | 2.0 | 10,875d | 33,256 | 3.0 |
Nursing and midwifery professionals | 17,709 | 748 | 18,457 | 1.7 | 8332 | 26,789 | 2.4 |
Other health professionals | 2470 | 612 | 3082 | 0.3 | 1778 | 4860 | 0.4 |
Total health professionals | 40,709 | 3211 | 43,920 | 4.0 | 20,985 | 64,905 | 5.9 |
Medical and pharmaceutical technicians | 3233 | 465 | 3698 | 0.3 | 0 | 3698 | 0.3 |
Nursing & midwifery associate professionals | 16,382 | 476 | 16,858 | 1.5 | 0 | 16,858 | 1.5 |
Other health associate professionals | 4662 | 308 | 4970 | 0.5 | 0 | 4970 | 0.5 |
Total health associate professionals | 24,277 | 1249 | 25,526 | 2.3 | 0 | 25,526 | 2.3 |
Personal care workers | 1347 | 177 | 1524 | 0.1 | 0 | 1524 | 0.1 |
Administrative | 8018 | 455 | 8473 | 0.8 | 2880 | 11,353 | 1.0 |
Technical & other | 8115 | 118 | 8233 | 0.7 | 2810 | 11,043 | 1.0 |
Health management and support personnel | 16,133 | 573 | 16,706 | 1.5 | 5690 | 22,396 | 2.0 |
Health services providers not elsewhere classified | 45 | 0 | 45 | 0.0 | 0 | 45 | 0.0 |
Total | 82,511 | 5210 | 87,721 | 8.0 | 26,675 | 114,396 | 10.4 |