Table 3 |
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Top 20 Countries Supplying Doctors to the NHS 1992 – 2003 |
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| Country of qualification |
First episodes of work |
Duration of first episode [median (IQR)] |
Gross domestic product (GDP) |
Doctors per 1000 Population |
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| Total |
Average Annual |
GDP per capita ($) |
Real growth rate (%) |
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| India |
12 381 |
1032 |
4 (2, .) |
3300 |
7.6 |
0.602005 |
| Pakistan |
2402 |
200 |
5 (2, .) |
2400 |
6.9 |
0.742004 |
| Nigeria |
1585 |
132 |
3 (1, 11) |
1400 |
6.2 |
0.282003 |
| Egypt |
1336 |
111 |
4 (1, .) |
3900 |
4.9 |
0.542003 |
| Iraq |
983 |
82 |
5 (2, .) |
3400 |
-3.0 |
0.662004 |
| Sri Lanka |
763 |
64 |
3 (1, .) |
4300 |
5.6 |
0.552004 |
| Sudan |
429 |
36 |
4 (1, 10) |
2100 |
7.0 |
0.222004 |
| Libya |
389 |
32 |
4 (2, 11) |
11 400 |
8.5 |
1.291997 |
| Myanmar |
375 |
31 |
4 (1, .) |
1700 |
2.9 |
0.362004 |
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| mean |
3767 |
5.2 |
0.58 |
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| Suppliers of Short Term Migrants |
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| Germany |
2673 |
223 |
2 (1, 4) |
30 400 |
0.9 |
3.372003 |
| South Africa |
2386 |
199 |
2 (1, 5) |
12 000 |
4.9 |
0.772004 |
| Australia |
2137 |
178 |
1 (1, 2) |
31 900 |
2.5 |
2.472001 |
| Rep. Ireland |
1982 |
165 |
3 (1, 7) |
41 000 |
4.7 |
2.792004 |
| Greece |
1057 |
88 |
2 (1, 3) |
22 200 |
3.7 |
4.382001 |
| Spain |
949 |
79 |
3 (1, 5) |
22 500 |
3.4 |
3.302003 |
| Italy |
652 |
54 |
2 (1, 4) |
29 200 |
0.1 |
4.202004 |
| Jamaica |
610 |
51 |
3 (1, 5) |
4400 |
1.5 |
0.852003 |
| N. Zealand |
610 |
51 |
1 (1, 3) |
25 200 |
2.2 |
2.372001 |
| Netherlands |
600 |
50 |
2 (1, 3) |
30 500 |
1.1 |
3.152003 |
| Belgium |
479 |
40 |
1 (1, 2) |
31 400 |
1.5 |
4.492002 |
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| mean |
25 518 |
2.4 |
2.92 |
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Notes IQR: inter-quartile range; . = upper quartile could not be estimated (fewer than 75% leave the workforce). GDP: all figures are 2005 estimates (data from the CIA World FactBook [6]). Doctors per 1000 Population: subscript represents 'year of estimate' (data from the 2006 World Health Report, conducted by the WHO [7]). |
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