Achieving universal health coverage and sustainable development goals by 2030: investment estimates to increase production of health professionals in India

Table 2 Size and composition of HRH in India

Parameters	Total production, 2018		Actual stock, 2018*		Active health workforce 2019^		Active health
Parameters	Number (in million)	Density/10 000 population	Number (in million)	Density/10 000 population	Number (in million)	Density/10 000 population	Workforce as % of actual stock
Allopathic doctor	1.16	8.8	1.05	7.9	0.66	5	63
Nurses/midwives	2.34	17.7	2.18	16.5	0.79	6	36
Allopathic doctors + nurses/midwives	3.5	26.5	3.23	24.4	1.45	11	45
AYUSH practitioners	0.79	6	0.76	5.8	0.25	1.9	33
Allopathic doctors + nurses/midwives + AYUSH	4.29	32.5	3.99	30.2	1.7	12.9	42.6

Sources: NHWA 2018 and PLFS 2018–19
*Adjusted for attrition (Out-migration): Allopathic Doctors: (− 6%); Nurses: (− 3.3%), death rate (for both nurses and doctors:( − 2.5% to − 2.1%), retirement rate(doctors):(− 1.07%), retirement rate(nurses):(− 1.02%); ^Estimated from PLFS:2018–2019 after accounting for adequate qualifications and population projection as of January 2019 (MoHFW 2019)

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