Table 1.

Overview of data availability by profession

Planning parameter	Number of countries for which data were found
Population characteristics
Population size and projections by age and sex	32
Health status by agea and sex	31
Health care system characteristics	Midwife model	Nurse model	Physician model
Health care provision by age, sex, and health status	0	2	2
Service provision per FTE provider per year	32	29	26
Average total annual wages per FTE	0	28	27
Average training cost per graduate	0	0	0
Average replacement cost per FTE	0	1	0
Number of new graduates per year	31	32	32
Age distribution of new graduates	0	1	1
Number of in-migrants per year	3	22	24
Age distribution of in-migrants	0	0	0
Exits per year by age	1	1	1
Total yearly enrolment in training programs	1	1	1
% of students completing training	0	1	1
% of graduates remaining in-jurisdiction	0	1	1
Head count of current supply	31	32	32
Age distribution of current supply	3	3	29
% of licensed workforce providing any patient care	24	19	1
Average hours worked/week by participating workforce	0	1	1

^aData on the incidence of low birth weight by mother’s age were not found