The current health care crisis is taking up alot of discussion in the media and the premiers are meeting in Moncton, New Brunswick today to discuss solution. My contribution in today's Hub is titled "Our health-care crisis is a problem of design, not resources." It comes with a set of four charts providing select comparisons with the OECD countries. For the charts with all the OECD countries for comparison, see below:
1. Data refer to practising physicians. Practising physicians are defined as those providing care directly to patients.
2. Data refer to professionally active physicians. They include practising physicians plus other physicians working in the health sector as managers, educators, researchers, etc. (adding another 5-10% of doctors).
3. Data refer to all physicians who are licensed to practice.
 1. Data refer to practising nurses. Practising nurses are defined as those providing care directly to patients. 2. Data refer to professionally active nurses. They include practising nurses plus other nurses working in the health sector as managers, educators, researchers, etc. (adding another 5-10% of nurses). 3. Data refer to all nurses who are licensed to practice. 4. ONTARIO total includes RNs, Nurse Practitioners and Licensed Practical Nurses   |
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