Methodological datasheet: Medicine graduates 100,000 inhabitants

Identification

Description.

Medicine graduates 100,000 inhabitants

Description and source 1 operation code.

University statistics. (040603 Basque Statistics Plan)

Responsable entity.

Eustat

Availability.

Year +1

Indicator formula.

Medicine graduates / Population * 100,000

Objectives

It is a reference for the number of health professionals who are able to practice and a resource indicator of the national health system.

Sphere

Population:

Medicine graduates

Geographical Sphere:

Basque Country

Time period:

Annual

Concepts and Definitions

The indicator is obtained as a quotient of the students graduated by one hundred thousand inhabitants.

Numerator:

The number of graduates in medicine corresponds to the number of students graduating from medicine faculties or similar institutions in a given year.

Denominator:

Population on 1 July multiplied by 100

Codes and nomenclatures

Not applicable

Quality

Countries use different data sources to collect this information: administrative registries, censuses and surveys. Consulting various sources used in each country is therefore recommended:

http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/cache/metadata/en/hlth_res_esms.htm

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Further Information

The EUROSTAT data are available in the Population and social conditions Health folder Health, Health care resources, Health care staff, Health graduates,

“Health graduates”