EUROSTAT STUDY
March 1st, 2004
BY KEITH NUTHALLAMONGST all European Union (EU) countries, Finland has the highest number of nurses and midwives per head of population, - 2,181 per 100,000 inhabitants - according to the recently released and latest available comparative figures. EU statistical agency Eurostat said that these 1998-2000 figures showed Portugal as having the least nurses and midwives (379 per 100,000) and Greece the second worst performer (391). Britain had an average compliment, with 904 nurses and midwives per 100,000 people, excluding private hospitals. Belgium, Denmark, ...
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