.png "Philippines Nurses and midwives (per 1,000 people)")
| Data: | Nurses and midwives (per 1,000 people) | ||||||||
| Year: | 1960 - 2013 | ||||||||
| Country: | Philippines | ||||||||
| Source: | World Bank (the information in this section is direct quotation from World Bank development data) | ||||||||
| Series Code: | SH.MED.NUMW.P3 | ||||||||
| Topic: | Health: Health services | ||||||||
| Short Definition: | 0 | ||||||||
| Long Definition: | Nurses and midwives include professional nurses, professional midwives, auxiliary nurses, auxiliary midwives, enrolled nurses, enrolled midwives and other associated personnel, such as dental nurses and primary care nurses. | ||||||||
| Unit of Measurement: | 0 | ||||||||
| Periodicity: | Annual | ||||||||
| Base Period: | 0 | ||||||||
| Reference Period: | 0 | ||||||||
| Aggregation method: | Weighted average | ||||||||
| Limitations and exceptions: | The WHO compiles data from household and labor force surveys, censuses, and administrative records. Data comparability is limited by differences in definitions and training of medical personnel varies. In addition, human resources tend to be concentrated in urban areas, so that average densities do not provide a full picture of health personnel available to the entire population. | ||||||||
| Notes from original source: | 0 | ||||||||
| General Comments: | 0 | ||||||||
| Original Source: | World Health Organization, Global Atlas of the Health Workforce. For latest updates and metadata, see http://apps.who.int/globalatlas/. | ||||||||
| Statistical concept and methodology: | Health
systems - the combined arrangements of institutions and actions whose primary
purpose is to promote, restore, or maintain health (World Health
Organization, World Health Report 2000) - are increasingly being recognized
as key to combating disease and improving the health status of populations.
The World Bank's Healthy Development: Strategy for Health, Nutrition, and
Population Results emphasizes the need to strengthen health systems, which
are weak in many countries, in order to increase the effectiveness of
programs aimed at reducing specific diseases and further reduce morbidity and
mortality. To evaluate health systems, the World Health Organization (WHO)
has recommended that key components - such as financing, service delivery,
workforce, governance, and information - be monitored using several key
indicators. The data are a subset of the key indicators. Monitoring health
systems allows the effectiveness, efficiency, and equity of different health
system models to be compared. Health system data also help identify
weaknesses and strengths and areas that need investment, such as additional
health facilities, better health information systems, or better trained human
resources. Data on health worker (physicians, nurses and midwives, and community health workers) density show the availability of medical personnel. |
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| Development relevance: | The WHO estimates that at least 2.5 physicians, nurses, and midwives per 1,000 people are needed to provide adequate coverage with primary care interventions associated with achieving the Millennium Development Goals (WHO, World Health Report 2006). | ||||||||
