Doctor Patient Ratio Sri Lanka
On many occasions i saw the doctor explain something in detail to the students or doctors in english before uttering a word to the patient.
Doctor patient ratio sri lanka. In 2010 who categorized 49 countries as priority country and set a minimum threshold of 23 doctors nurses and midwives per 10 000 population to deliver essential maternal and child health services. To compare the health service in sri lanka with the uk is not appropriate because of the huge differences in culture expectations and attitudes of patients and most importantly of finite resources. According to the map cuba has the best patient to doctor ratio of 170 1. Tanzania fares least well with 50 000 1.
The worst is malawi and tanzania with ratios of 50 000 patients per doctor. Sri lanka whilst nowhere close to the worst figure has a ratio of 1800 the same as honduras and the philippines. We use the cdc nih and individual state and county databases for verification and supplementation for usa data. This key economic indicator for the health care provider sector has been recently updated.
Opd dental patient visits and number of dental surgeons 1995 2007 inpatient morbidity non communicable diseases that emerge with the transition in the demographic profile and increased life expectancy are on the increase. The nurses patient ratio in other south asian countries are 21 07 in india 21 15 in sri lanka 26 85 in nepal 15 09 in bhutan 9 79 in myanmar 5 in pakistan and 3 02 in war torn afghanistan. Sri lanka figure 3. Who world bank unesco cia and individual country databases for global health and causes of death.
San marino was up 21 1 of practicing physicians density in 2014 compared to a year earlier. The patients per doctor map of the world remarkably cuba leads the world or at least those countries shown on this map in the patients per doctor ratio. We use the most recent data from these primary sources. Turnover occupancy rates and duration of stay by type of hospital 2007 figure 4.
The netherlands does relatively well with 320 1. Odoc has roped in 25 doctors in colombo kandy and other main cities of the country.