"Identifying Information: Name","Health Care Professional Supply by Employment Status and Type of Professional, per 100,000 Population"
"Identifying Information: Short/Other Names","Health Care Professional Density by Employment Status"
"Identifying Information: Description","Health care professionals by employment status, per 100,000 population, by type of professional for selected provinces/territories"
"Background, Interpretation and Benchmarks: Rationale","Based on World Health Organization (WHO) National Health Workforce Accounts indicator 1-04: Density of Active Health Workers per 1,000 Population, by Cadre, by Activity Level (Practising, Professionally Active, Licensed to Practice), this indicator provides health worker density and distribution information to support the assessment of health services available for the population in certain geographic districts and to facilitate health human resources planning."
"Background, Interpretation and Benchmarks: Interpretation","Measures the potential pool of health care professionals; interpretations should be evaluated alongside other relevant data (e.g., population need, models of care, mix of health care professionals)."
"Background, Interpretation and Benchmarks: HSP Framework Dimension","Efficient allocation of resources"
"Background, Interpretation and Benchmarks: Areas of Need","Not applicable"
"Background, Interpretation and Benchmarks: Targets/Benchmarks","WHO: Health worker density and distribution by cadre and activity level"
"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","Professional; 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","Calculated by dividing the number of health care professionals with each employment status for selected provinces/territories by population estimates and multiplying by 100,000(Number of health care professionals by employment status in selected provinces/territories ÷ Population estimate) × 100,000Unit of Analysis: Service provider per 100,000 population"
"Indicator Calculation: Type of Measurement",Rate
"Indicator Calculation: Number or Rate","Rate per 100,000"
"Denominator: Description:","Total population of selected provinces/territories"
"Denominator: Inclusions:","Provincial and territorial population estimate from Statistics Canada"
"Numerator: Description:","Number of health care professionals, by employment status, in selected provinces/territories"
"Numerator: Inclusions:","All registered health care professionals in selected provinces/territories"
"Numerator: Exclusions:","Health care professionals who did not register in selected Canadian provinces/territories.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","AV���� uses the unit of analysis ""per 100,000 population,"" which is different from the WHO's ""density per 1,000 population."" Caution should be used when comparing results across countries.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","Population estimates may change over time.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."