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Table 5 Country comparisons: Expenditure on health, and staff: population ratios, 2007

From: Continuity and change in human resources policies for health: lessons from Brazil

Country

Total expenditure on health as % of GDP

Per capita expenditure on health at average exchange rate (US $)

Physicians per 10 000 population

Pharmaceutical personnel per 10 000 population

Dentistry personnel per 10 000 population

Nursing and midwifery personnel per 10 000 population

Argentina

10

663

32

5

9

5

BRAZIL

8

606

17

6

12

29

Canada

10

4409

19

8

12

100

Chile

6

615

11

-

4

6

Malaysia

4

307

7

1

1

18

Mexico

6

564

29

8

14

40

Turkey

5

465

15

3

2

19

  1. Source: WHO World Health Statistics 2010 [19]