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<p>This dataset provides data on the number of physicians by <strong>status</strong> (<em>ie.</em> practising physicians, professionally active physicians, and physicians licenced to practice).</p>
<p><strong>Practising physicians</strong> provide services for individual patients.</p>
<p><strong>Professionally active physicians</strong> include practising physicians and other physicians for whom their medical education is a prerequisite for the execution of the job.</p>
<p><strong>Physicians licensed to practice</strong> include practising and other (non-practising) physicians who are registered and entitled to practice as healthcare professionals.</p>
<p />Please refer to the <a target="_blank" href="https://stats.oecd.org/wbos/fileview2.aspx?IDFile=a6de7262-e58b-4a39-9f3e-315f5001200b">Sources and Methods</a> for detailed country-specific information.</p>