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.
Information before 2011 is not verified.
The 2022 Revision of UN World Population Prospects was used for estimates.
Practising pharmacists, per 10 000 population Indicator code: pract.pharm.rate This indicator shares the definition with the parent indicator "Practising pharmacists, total number". Practising pharmacists prepare, dispense or sell medicaments and drugs directly to patients (clients) and provide advice. Inclusion - Persons who have completed studies in pharmacy at university level (granted by adequate diploma) and who are licensed to practice - Salaried and self-employed pharmacists delivering services irrespectively of the place of service provision - Foreign pharmacists licensed to practice pharmacy and actively practising in the country Exclusion - Students who have not yet graduated - Pharmacists working in administration, research and in other posts that exclude direct contact with the patients (clients) - Unemployed pharmacists and retired pharmacists - Pharmacists working abroad Note: The number should be at the end of the calendar year.