This indicator gives the number of health care providers employed in the profession and working in direct care, by place of work/employment and type of provider.
Descriptive information providing insight on the distribution of health care professionals by place of work.
Interpretations should be evaluated alongside other relevant data (e.g., population need, models of care, mix of health care professionals in the setting).
Data availability:
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Geographic coverage
All provinces/territories
Reporting level
National, Province/Territory, Region
Calculation
Number of health care professionals by place of work
Unit of Analysis: Service provider
Denominator
Places of work (hospital, nursing home/long-term care facility, community, other)
Numerator
Number of health care professionals employed in profession and working in direct care
Comments
Please note that the available data years, geographic coverage, reporting level/disaggregation and update frequency vary by type of professional.
“Available data year” can refer to data year (for nurses) or to reporting year (for occupational therapists, physiotherapists and pharmacists).