This document summarizes the basic concepts, underlying methodologies, strengths and limitations of the data available.
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Table of Contents
- Table of contents 3
- About CIHI’s pharmacist data 4
- About this document 5
- Data availability 5
- Data collection 5
- Population of interest 6
- Defining the workforce 6
- Data quality 7
- Under- and over-coverage 7
- Terminology and general methodology 8
- Average age 8
- Pharmacists employed in direct care 9
- Health regions 9
- Inflow and outflow 9
- Population estimates and per 100,000 population counts 10
- Urban and rural/remote 10
- Comparability 11
- International comparability 11
- Data limitations and considerations 13
- HHR data standards update, 2022 13
- Pharmacist data, 2014 to 2023 14
- Privacy and confidentiality 17
- Appendices 18
- Appendix A: Pharmacists, first year of regulation, by province and territory 18
- Appendix B: Pharmacist data providers, 2023 18
- Appendix C: Text alternative for average age image 18
- References 19
