Figure 1.

Distribution of physicians and nurses in the EMR*. *Data for nurse and physician density reflects: • 1997 estimates for Libyan Arab Jamahiriya and Somalia. • 2001 for Afghanistan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Qatar, Syrian Arab Republic and United Arab Emirates. • 2002 for Cyprus. • 2004 for Bahrain, Djibouti, Iraq, Islamic Republic of Iran, Jordan, Morocco, Oman, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Tunisia, and Yemen. • 2003 for Egypt's physician density and 2004 for nurse density.