Associate professional nurses, licensed to practice, per 10 000 population

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European database on human and technical resources for health

Indicators: 125

Updated: 22 November 2023

Contact: Data and Digital Health Unit (DDH)

HlthRes-DB provides a wide range of statistics on human and technical resources for health and offers data on non-monetary health care resources collected through the joint work of the Statistical Office of the European Union (Eurostat), the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and WHO/Europe

Human resources indicators: Indicators include the number and density of a wide range of health personnel (such as physicians, nurses, midwives, dentists, pharmacists and health care assistants), according to three different concepts (those practising, professionally active and licensed to practice). Information on employment in hospitals and numbers of medical and other graduates is also available. It is currently available in English and Russian.

Technical resources data: Data include the number and density of hospitals and hospital beds, stratified by ownership of facility (public, non-profit-making private and for-profit private), in addition to the number of beds for long-term care.

HlthRes-DB also contains indicators on the availability of the following medical equipment: computed tomography (CT) scanners, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) units, positron emission tomography (PET) scanners, gamma cameras, digital subtraction angiography units, mammographs, radiation therapy equipment and lithotriptors.

Information before 2011 is not verified.

The 2022 Revision of UN World Population Prospects was used for estimates.

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Associate professional nurses, licensed to practice, per 10 000 population Indicator code: assocnurs.lic.rate This indicator shares the definition with the parent indicator "Associate professional nurses, licensed to practice, total number". A associate professional nurse licensed to practice has completed a programme of nursing education and is qualified and authorized in his/her country to practice nursing. They include practising and other (non-practising) nurses. Inclusion - Associate professional nurses (see definition below) - Nurses who provide services directly to patients - Nurses for whom their nursing education is a prerequisite for the execution of the job - Nurses for whom their nursing education is NOT a prerequisite for the execution of the job - Nurses licensed to practice but who due to various reasons are not economically active (e.g. unemployed or retired) - Nurses working abroad Exclusion - Professional nurses - Health care assistants and personal care workers (nursing aids), who do not have any recognised qualification/certification in nursing Associate professional nurses generally work under the supervision of, and in support of implementation of health care, treatment and referrals plans established by medical, nursing and other health professionals. Inclusion - Assistant nurse - Enrolled nurse - Practical nurse Exclusion - Professional nurse - Clinical nurse consultant - Specialist nurse - Midwife (unless they work most of the time as associate professional nurses) - Associate professional midwife - Nursing aide - Medical assistant Note: The number should be at the end of the calendar year.

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