Table 4.

Trends in occupational distribution of health workforce, 5 LIS countries, 1991–1997

	Denmark		Netherlands		Russian Federation		United Kingdom		United States of America
	1992	1997	1991	1994	1992	1995	1991	1997	1991	1997
Physicians	12%	12%	7%	5%	20%	28%	6%	8%	7%	8%
Nursing and midwifery professionals	10%	12%	32%	26%	2%	2%	34%	29%	31%	31%
Other health professionals	10%	7%	3%	3%	6%	6%	4%	4%	9%	5%
Nursing and midwifery associate professionals	46%	44%	31%	37%	32%	44%	23%	19%	25%	24%
Modern health associate professionals	22%	25%	27%	29%	40%	20%	33%	40%	28%	32%

Note: Occupational classification at the 4-digit ISCO-88 level or equivalent.