Human resources in selected medical professions based on administrative sources in 2023



The study is the result of an analysis of administrative sources, including registers, in relation to five medical professions: doctors, dentists, nurses, midwives and physiotherapists1. It showcases the resulting statistical data for the resources of the medical staff, as well as description of applied methodology of data analysis.
In 2023, the number of doctors living in Poland with a license to practice their profession amounted to 163.2 thousand (in 2022 - 158.9 thousand).
Among doctors authorized to practice, the dominant group - 19.8% - were people aged 30-39 (in the previous year people aged 50-59 were the dominant group - 20.2% - and people aged 30-39 were second - 19.4%). The dominance of people aged 30-39 in 2023 was smaller among men than among women doctors.
1 The presented data include: doctors and dentists (of any gender), as well as nurses and midwives (of any gender) and physiotherapists (of any gender) residing in Poland.