Table 5.

Data requirements for making use of each of the different documented methodologies

Methodology	Indicators	Data requirements
Supply	Stock of licensed providers Baseline stock, age/sex distribution, growth projections	High
	Annual additions to licensed stocksGraduates, in-migration (foreign-trained, immigrantes, on temporary work permits), returned to profession
	Education/training programmesNumber of programmes and students enrolled, attrition rates, years to complete programme, number of graduates, costs
	Annual attritions to licensed stocksRetirements, mortality, career changes, emigration, abroad
Productivity	Labour market Occupational participation rates, occupational employment rates, employment projections, vacancy rates, turnover rates, wage rates, productivity growth, cyclical factors, alternative career options	High
	Employment statusFull-time, part-time, casual, full-time equivalent (FTE), average hours worked, direct patient care hours, no longer practising, not licensed in jurisdiction
Skill mix	Government policy variablesHHR education funding, alternative delivery modes, licencing regulations, professional roles/deployment, recruitment/retention strategies, immigration policy, remuneration rates/types, HHR capacity-building	High
Worker-to-population ratios	Health labour workforce Number of active and employed physicians and nurses	Low
Economic	Population demographicsTotal population, age/sex distribution, births/deaths, population projections	High
	Socio-economic variablesDisposable income, GDP growth projections, ethnic factors
Needs	Population health statusAge/sex mortality, morbidity, acuity	High
	EpidemiologyIncidence and prevalence rates, hospital discharges, health patterns of the population
Service targets	Utilization patternsNumber of occupied beds, number of inpatients and outpatients, number of surgeries/screenings/consultations performed, etc.	Low to high