Table 3 Information sources: characteristics and limitations
From: Trends of cross-border mobility of physicians and nurses between Portugal and Spain
Health workforce | Variables | Comments |
|---|---|---|
Information sources | ||
Medical Council (Ordem dos Médicos) | Name | • Only demographic characteristics and geographical distribution based on the area of residence. |
Residence | ||
Registration | Age | |
Year of graduation | • Lack of information on register updating as a result of long-term absence, death, or retirement. | |
School of graduation | ||
Specialization (most of the times) | ||
Nursing Council (Ordem dos Enfermeiros) | Name | • Demographic characteristics and geographical distribution based on place of work. |
Address | ||
Registration | Age | • Lack of information on register updating as a result of long-term absence, death, or retirement. |
Year of graduation | ||
School of graduation | ||
Place of work | ||
Specialization | ||
Dental Council (Ordem dos Médicos dentistas) | Name | • Demographic characteristics and geographical distribution based on the area of residence and work. |
Address | ||
Registration | Age | |
Year of graduation | • Lack of information on register updating as a result of long-term absence, death, or retirement. | |
School of graduation | ||
Place of work | ||
Residence | ||
Nationality | ||
Pharmacy Council (Ordem dos Farmacêuticos) | Name | • Demographic characteristics and geographical distribution based on the area of residence. |
Address | ||
Registration | Age | • Lack of information on register updating as a result of long-term absence, death, or retirement. |
Sex | ||
Professional area | ||
INE, Statistics Portugal | Resident population according to sector of activity. | • The national population censuses provide the broadest picture available of the workforce in general and of the healthcare workforce |
National population census | ||
• Last one in 2011. | ||
INE, Statistics Portugal | • INE uses the databases from the administrative proceedings of professional association (Councils and Labour unions). | |
Health workforce statistics | ||
Central Administration of the National Health Service, Ministry of Health (ACSS Administração Central do Sistema de Saúde) | Annual data | • Personnel working in the National Health Service (mainland, not including the islands of Azores and Madeira). |
Nationality | ||
Profession | ||
Age | • Comparison of data in temporal trends is possible only for national aggregated data. | |
Sex | ||
Health personnel database | Place of work (Health Region, hospital, primary healthcare) | |
Professional specialization | ||
Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs - Strategy and planning office (Ministério do Trabalho e da Segurança Social - Gabinete de estratégia e planeamento) | Annual data | • The legal imperative of providing the information exists for all the enterprises but the practice is that the public ones do not perform this duty regularly. |
Workers nationality | ||
Remuneration | ||
Contract types | ||
Personnel list from all the enterprises with workers (Quadro de pessoal) | Remunerated number of hours by month, normal and supplementary hours | |
Portuguese Foreigners and Border Affairs Department (Serviço de Estrangeiros e Fronteiras) | Nationality | • Information on foreigners; the declared profession maybe different from that the person had on its country of origin. |
Profession that allows to have means of living at the moment of request of residency | ||
Request of residency in Portugal | Age, sex | |
Level of education |