Indicator full name: Practising physiotherapists, head count
Unit: number of professionals
Dimensions:
- Country/Area (COUNTRY/AREA)
- Supranational group of countries (COUNTRY_GRP)
- Year of measure (YEAR)
Years data is available: 1980—2021
Last updated: 22 November 2023
- Albania
- Andorra
- Monaco
- North Macedonia
- San Marino
- Switzerland
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Other specialists not elsewhere classified, per 10 000 population
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Practising physiotherapists, head count (Line chart)
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 physiotherapists, total number Indicator code: pract.physio Physiotherapists assess, plan and implement rehabilitative programs that improve or restore human motor functions, maximize movement ability, relieve pain syndromes, and treat or prevent physical challenges associated with injuries, diseases and other impairments. They apply a broad range of physical therapies and techniques such as movement, ultrasound, heating, laser and other techniques. Inclusion - Geriatric physical therapist - Paediatric physical therapist - Orthopaedic physical therapist - Physiotherapist Exclusion - Podiatrist - Occupational therapist - Acupressure therapist - Hydrotherapist - Massage therapist - Physiotherapy technician - Shiatsu therapist - Chiropractor - Osteopath Note: The number should be at the end of the calendar year.