Table 1 Number of health professionals by medical specialty
From: Does the edge effect impact on the measure of spatial accessibility to healthcare providers?
Medical speciality of health professional | Number of healthcare providers | Number of IRIS of “patient area” | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Department of Nord | Neighboring IRIS | % increase | Department of Nord | Average population | Neighboring IRIS | Average population | |
GPs | 2590 | 493 | 16 | 1346 | 1905 | 1362 | 1076 |
Midwives | 143 | 60 | 30 | 1346 | 386 | 2425 | 187 |
Gynecologists | 218 | 78 | 26 | 1346 | 986 | 2583 | 484 |
Total | 2951 | 631 | 18 | – | – | – | – |