"Identifying Information: Name","Health Care Professionals Employed in Direct Care, by Top 10 Countries of Graduation and Type of Professional"
"Identifying Information: Short/Other Names","Health Care Professionals by Top 10 Countries of Graduation"
"Identifying Information: Description","Number of health care professionals employed in the profession and working in direct care, by top 10 countries of graduation and type of professional"
"Background, Interpretation and Benchmarks: Rationale","Based on World Health Organization (WHO) National Health Workforce Accounts indicator 1-09: Percentage of Active Foreign-Trained Health Workers by Place of Birth (Domestic/Foreign) and by Country of Training, this indicator can inform programs and policies to maximize the benefits that internationally educated professionals bring to Canada."
"Background, Interpretation and Benchmarks: Interpretation","Descriptive information providing insight on the proportion of Canadian and foreign-trained health care professionals and their migration patterns."
"Background, Interpretation and Benchmarks: HSP Framework Dimension","Health system resources"
"Background, Interpretation and Benchmarks: Areas of Need","Not applicable"
"Background, Interpretation and Benchmarks: Targets/Benchmarks","WHO: Dependency on foreign health workers"
"Available Data Years","2011
 to 2020"
"Availability of Results: Geographic Coverage","All provinces/territories"
"Reporting Level/Disaggregation",National
"Reporting Level/Disaggregation: Other reporting level/disaggregation","May be further aggregated by age, highest level of education, setting of employment, urban/rural/remote, etc."
"Result Updates: Indicator Results","Health workforce data tables"
"Update Frequency","Every year"
"Result Updates: Latest Results Update Date","August 2021"
"Result Updates: Updates","Not applicable"
"Indicator Calculation: Description","Number of health care professionals by top 10 countries of graduationUnit of Analysis: Service provider"
"Indicator Calculation: Type of Measurement",Number
"Indicator Calculation: Number or Rate","Number of health care professionals by top 10 countries of graduation"
"Denominator: Description:","Top 10 countries (based on ISO 3166-1 country codes or Statistics Canada country codes)"
"Denominator: Inclusions:","Top 10 countriesCountries that have been dissolved may be included if a health care professional graduated in a year in which the country existed."
"Numerator: Description:","Number of health care professionals employed in the profession and working in direct care"
"Numerator: Inclusions:","Active registered health care professionals employed in the profession and working in direct care.Additional inclusion criteria vary by type of professional."
"Numerator: Exclusions:","Inactive registrants or health care professionals who did not register in a province or territory.Health care professionals who did not report a country of graduation at time of registration.Additional exclusion criteria vary by type of professional."
"Method of Adjustment","Not applicable"
"Adjustment Applied",None
"Indicator Calculation: Geographic Assignment","Place of service"
"Data Sources: Other Data Source",HWDB
"Quality Statement: Caveats and Limitations","Statistics reported may differ from those reported by other organizations due to differences in data collection and reporting methodologies.Issues of under- and/or over-coverage may vary by type of professional.Data is not necessarily available for each province and territory for each type of professional."
"Quality Statement: Trending Issues","Vary by type of professional"
"Quality Statement: Comments","Please note that the available data years, geographic coverage, reporting level/disaggregation and update frequency vary by type of professional.“Available data year” can refer to data year (for nurses) or to reporting year (for occupational therapists, physiotherapists and pharmacists)."
References,"World Health Organization. National Health Workforce Accounts: A Handbook. 2016.World Health Organization. Global Strategy on Health Resources for Health: Workforce 2030. 2016."