Health Care Workforce In OECD Countries, 1990 And 2000 Nurses per 1,000 Nurses per population, acute care Physicians per 1,000 population Physician 2000 visits per bed, 2000 1990 2000 capita, 2000 Australia 8.1 Austria 1.4 2.30 9.2 2.5d 0.8 6.4 Belgium -a 2.2 3.1 3.3 6.7 Canada 7.6 3.9 2.1 7.9 Czech Republic 2.1 8.4 0.5 2.8 6.4b 3.1 12.6 Denmark 7.3 1.2 Finland 3.1 14.7 3.4 2.4 6.1 France 3.1 6.5 4.3 0.5 3.1 Germany 3.3 9.3 0.6 3.1f Greece 3.gb 3.6 0.9b 3.4 4.Ab 2.5d Hungary 4.9 0 3b Iceland 2.9 14.2 3.2b 21.9 Ireland 9.2 2.8 3,4 13 1.6 5.2 Italy 4.51 2.3 0.8 4.7 Japan 7.8 6.0 1.7 6.1 1.9 Korea 1.4 Luxembourg 7.1 0.8 0.6d 1.3 8.80 Mexico 2.0 3.1 1.1 Netherlands 1.1 2.8d 13.0 1.8 New Zealand 2.5 3.2 2.5 9.7 5.9 19 2.2 Norway 10.3 Poland 1.5 2.6 4.9 2.1 2.9 Portugal 2.2 5.4 3.7 1.0d 2.8 Slovakia 3.2 7.3 3.4d 0.6 Spain 3.7 0.8 2.3 3.3 7.8 Sweden 8.4 Switzerland 2.9 2.9 2.8 Turkey 3.0 3.5 1.1 0.3 United Kingdom 0.9 1.3 8.1 1.2 2.5 United States 8.31 1.4 1.3 1.8 24 5.4 2.8 5.gh OECD median 7.6 0.8 2.4 3.1 5.9 SOURCE: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, OECD Health Data 2002 (Paris: OECD, 2002). NOTE: For median calculation, see Note 5 in text.SOURCE: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, OECD Health Data 2002 (Paris: OECD, 2002). NOTE: For median calculation, see Note 5 in text. 1997. 1999. 1991. 1998. "Data not available. "1992 (from 1992 onward, data refer to Germany after reunification). Some of the data were provided by the United Kingdom Department of Health. "1996