WHO data enumerates the global stock of health workers excluding doctors and nurses. The World Health Organization compiles this information to monitor health workforce capacity. The dataset's specific temporal coverage and record count are not provided.
Use Cases
- Analyze trends in the 'Number of other health workers' metric over time across different countries.
- Model the relationship between health worker density and other health system indicators.
- Compare 'Number of other health workers' figures between WHO member states for benchmarking.
Strengths
- Data originates from the authoritative World Health Organization.
- Focuses on a standardized metric for cross-country comparison.
Limitations
- The total number of rows, countries, and time points covered is unknown.
- The specific definition of 'other health workers' is not detailed, which may affect comparability.
Provenance
- Source
- World Health Organization (WHO)
- Geography
- Global (likely WHO member states)