Table 1 Data availability, source and definition of outcome measure based on EUROSTAT
From: Time trends in the regional distribution of physicians, nurses and midwives in Europe
Country | Geographic availability | Availability over time | Source | Working status (P/LP/PA) and other specific information | Included | Exclusion reason |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Austria | ||||||
 Physicians | national, regional | 2005–2017 | Registry (head count) | P | X |  |
 Nurses/midwives | national, regional | 2005–2015 | Hospital statistics | working in hospitals only | – | Only hospital nurses |
Belgium | ||||||
 Physicians | national, regional | 2011–2017 | Annual Report, Head count data | P, excludes physicians in training, includes stomatologists, only accounts for physicians with minimum volume of patient contact1 | X |  |
 Nurses/midwives | [Data under revision] |  |  |  | – | No data available |
Bulgaria | ||||||
 Physicians | national, regional | 2005–2017 | Exhaustive annual survey (head count) | P, only with labour contract | X |  |
 Nurses/midwives | national, regional | 2005–2015 | Exhaustive annual survey (head count) | P, only with NHS contract | X |  |
Czech Republic | ||||||
 Physicians | national, regional | 2005–2013 | Registry | P, only employees on payroll included | X |  |
 Nurses/midwives | national, regional | 2005–2015 | Annual report (Institute of Health Information and Statistics) | P, double counting for those working in two institutions. | X |  |
Croatia | ||||||
 Physicians | national, regional | 2010–2017 | Registry | P, maxillofacial surgeons included (until 2008) | X |  |
 Nurses/midwives | national, regional | 2010–2015 | Registry | P | X |  |
Denmark | ||||||
 Physicians | national, regional | 2007–2016 | Registry | P | X |  |
 Nurses/midwives | national, regional | 2007–2014 | Registry | P | X |  |
Finland | ||||||
 Physicians | national, regional | 2005–2014 (national), 2011–2014 (3 of 5 regions) | Registry | LP (not retired), since 2009 estimations based on PA | – | Incomplete times series |
 Nurses/midwives | national, regional | 2010–2011 | Registry | Includes nurses active in health care | – | Incomplete times series |
France | ||||||
 Physicians | national, regional1 | 2005–2017 | Registry | P since 2011 and interns and residents are excluded; PA at regional level | – | Deviating definition |
 Nurses/midwives | national, regional | 2005–2016 | Registry | PA | – | Deviating definition |
Germany | ||||||
 Physicians | national, regional | 2005–2017 | Registry | P | X |  |
 Nurses/midwives | national |  |  |  | – | No regional data |
Greece | ||||||
 Physicians | national, regional | 2005–2017 | Survey | LP | – | Deviating definition |
 Nurses/midwives | national, regional | 2005–2015 | Census | Only working in hospitals. | – | Only hospital nurses |
Hungary | ||||||
 Physicians | national, regional | 2005–2016 | Registry (Head count) | P | X |  |
 Nurses/midwives | national, regional | 2006–2015 | Report personnel of health service | P | X |  |
Italy | ||||||
 Physicians | national, regional | 2005–2017 | Total survey & estimations | Different definitions used | – | Numbers obtained via survey and estimations Numbers obtained via survey and estimations |
 Nurses/midwives | national, regional | 2008–2016 | Estimations based on registry (national); 2008–2010 Registry, 2011–2012 LFS, 2013 onwards estimations based on registry (regional) |  | – | |
Netherlands | ||||||
 Physicians | national, regional | 2005–2017 | Registry | P | X |  |
 Nurses/midwives | national, regional | 2005–2013 | Until 2008 estimates, Registry and database (from 2014 onwards) | P (since 2014, but no data available) | – | Numbers obtained via estimations (until 2008) and deviating definition |
Norway | ||||||
 Physicians | national, regional | 2005–2017 | Registry | Data from 2009 to 2012 covers physicians, nurses and midwives also within HP4 (professionals in ancillary services, i.e. mostly without direct patient contact) | – | Deviating definition |
 Nurses/midwives | national, regional | 2005–2015 | Registry | – | Deviating definition | |
Poland | ||||||
 Physicians | national, regional | 2005–2016 | Ministries and Central Statistical Office | Physicians working in prisons excluded | X |  |
 Nurses/midwives |  | 2005–2015 | Ministries and Central Statistical Office, based on headcounts | Nurses working in prisons excluded | X |  |
Portugal | ||||||
 Physicians | national, regional | 2005–2017 | Registry (head count) | LP | – | Deviating definition |
 Nurses/midwives | national, regional | 2005–2016 | Registry | PA | – | Deviating definition |
Romania | ||||||
 Physicians | national, regional | 2005–20172 | Survey | P (as of 2008), includes oral and maxillofacial surgeons | X |  |
 Nurses/midwives |  | 2005–2015 | Survey | Not only practicing midwives (2009–2014), data on nurses refers to ancillary medical staff (2000–2009) | – | Deviating definition |
Slovakia | ||||||
 Physicians | national, regional | 2005–2017 | Registry (national), Registry and Report (regional) | P | X |  |
 Nurses/midwives | national, regional | 2009–2014 | Annual report | PA | – | Deviating definition |
Slovenia | ||||||
 Physicians | national, regional | 2005–2017 | Registry | P | X |  |
 Nurses/midwives | national, regional | 2005–2015 (no data for 2014) | Registry | P | X |  |
Spain | ||||||
 Physicians | national, regional | 2005–2017 | LFS (times series data not fully comparable) | Odontologists and dentists included (regional level, until 2010/2011) | – | Comparability over time restricted |
 Nurses/midwives | national, regional | 2005–2015 | LFS (times series data not fully comparable) |  | – | Comparability over time restricted |
Sweden | ||||||
 Physicians | national, regional | 2005–2016 | Registry (head count) | P | X |  |
 Nurses/midwives | national, regional | 2005–2014 | Registry | P | X |  |
Switzerland | ||||||
 Physicians | national, regional | 2007–2017 | Yearly census | P | X |  |
 Nurses/midwives | national | 2005–2015 | Federal statistical office, Estimates until 2009 | Midwives in ambulatory sector excluded | – | Deviating definition |