Table 3 Number of medical schools, outputs and generalist doctors [ 5 , 27 – 29 ]
From: The roles and training of primary care doctors: China, India, Brazil and South Africa
Number of medical schools (population in millions per medical school) | Outputs (new doctors/year) | Medical practitioners a /10,000 population | Family physicians/10,000 population | Nurses and midwives/10,000 population | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
South Africa | 9 (5.9) | 1300 | 3.7 | 0.1 | 51 |
Brazil | 242 (0.8) | 21,395 | 19 | 0.2 | 76 |
India | 398 (3.1) | 52,305 | 7 | - | 17 |
China | 980 (1.4) | 192,344 | 14 | 1.2 | 51 |