Table 2.
Distribution of healthcare personnel according to the category and type of establishment, Kuwait 2017 [37].
| Category | Governmental | Private | Oil | Total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| K | NK | Total | K | NK | Total | K | NK | Total | K | NK | Total | |
| Doctor | 3251 | 5223 | 8474 | 255 | 2062 | 2317 | 55 | 182 | 237 | 3561 | 7467 | 11,028 |
| Dentist | 1320 | 559 | 1879 | 130 | 829 | 959 | 9 | 20 | 29 | 1459 | 1408 | 2867 |
| Nurse | 1097 | 21,606 | 22,703 | 42 | 6751 | 6793 | 29 | 600 | 629 | 1168 | 28,957 | 30,125 |
| Pharmacist | 643 | 821 | 1464 | 331 | 1252 | 1583 | 51 | 49 | 100 | 1025 | 2122 | 3147 |
| Others | 5523 | 4306 | 9829 | 480 | 3013 | 3493 | 139 | 99 | 238 | 6142 | 7418 | 13,560 |
K: Kuwaiti national, NK: Non-Kuwaiti nationals, Others: lab technicians, radiologists, and physiotherapists.