A Canadian Institute for Health Information report released in June paints a widely varying
picture of trends concerning the number of health care workers in different provinces. While …

The public health workforce in this current best estimate is composed of 448,254 persons in
salaried positions or one public health worker for every 635 persons, supplemented by at …

Background Health services depend critically on the size, skills, and commitment of the
health workforce. Yet, in many countries relevant information on health workers remain far …

This article examines the growth and geographic distribution of selected health professions
in a 26-year period. The health professionals investigated were physicians, dentists …

Recent data from the Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI) indicate that the total
number of registered nurses employed in Canada dropped by 3.4% between 1993 and …

It has been 20 years since the last estimate of the public health workforce's size and
composition. This study provides a best estimate through secondary analysis of existing …

During the 20th century, the United States' public health workforce has been of sufficient
interest to policy makers that regular efforts have been made to enumerate it. Limited …

The growth of employment in health care during the decade of the eighties was dramatic.
The number of practicing physicians increased by one-third while the number of practicing …

Employment and Wages, which publishes monthly counts of employment reported by
employers covering 98% of jobs in the United States. These data are available at the state …

Since the Fall 1984 issue, Health Affairs has published every quarter data that seek to report
the most important trends in health care. Once a year, the trends of a significant quarter of …