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This chapter provides comparative macro-data and starts with describing trends in demography in the MohProf countries, followed by descriptive notes about human development, quality of life, corruption and governance and civic rights of the countries under scrutiny. Next, some economic contexts are described, followed by some health system indicators. Then, health workforce indicators will be presented, while a final section discusses these data in relation to one another.
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The indicator is developed from a ‘Western perspective’, based on: cost of living, culture, economy, environment, freedom, health, infrastructure, safety and climate. Review of indicators makes data 2010 and 2011 hard to compare.
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Transparency Maroc, La corruption au Maroc, Synthèse des résultats des enquêtes d’intégrité. http://www.transparencymaroc.ma/publication-Fr.html; reported in: Moroccan MoHProf report.
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The name of this constructed variable is the sole responsibility of the authors and does not reflect in any way the work of the World Bank or the Brookings Institute
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The consequences of the ‘Arab spring’ of 2011 do not reflect in these data.
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These data include the deterioration in Ireland since 2008.
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while fully acknowledging that the national reports and realities provide many more details on specific health professions. The reader is referred to these national reports for such further specifics (www.mohprof.eu).
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Data for many countries are missing in WHO data base.
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In the United States, the median percentage of physicians being over 60 is 25% (Association of American Medical Colleges, 2010).
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These can include registered nurses, licensed practice nurses or other professional titles.
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In this context the high density coincides with high shares of foreign nurses. In fact, Ireland, alongside the UK is the country most reliant on foreign nurses in the EU (Maier et al., 2011).
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Tjadens, F., Eckert, J., Weilandt, C. (2013). Countries, structures and systems. In: Mobility of Health Professionals. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-34053-6_4
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