Trends of cross-border mobility of physicians and nurses between Portugal and Spain

Table 1 Number of physicians in Portugal, 2003, 2007, 2008, 2009, and 2010

Physicians ( n)	2003	2007	2008	2009	2010
Total registered	34.981	38.399	39.470	40.664 [4]	42.031[4]
Foreign physicians registered	2.987	3.656	4.397	3.842 [4]	3.937 [4]
Spanish physicians registered	1.757 [5]	1.971 [5]	NA	NA	NA
Total physicians in NHS	24.444 [2]	24.831 [2]	25.106 [2]	23.007 [6]	23.324 [6]
Spanish physicians in NHS	1.090 [2]	913 [2]	799 [2]	681 [7]	696 [7]

Detailed description: this table shows the number of physicians registered in Portugal, total, foreign and Spanish, total and Spanish physicians working in the Portuguese NHS, 2003, 2007, 2008, 2009, and 2010.
NA, not available; NHS, National Health Service.
Source: Medical Council and references number [2, 4–7].

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