In 2025, the total ratios of medical specialties per 100,000 population in South Africa are expected to make minor improvements in some areas of expertise compared to those ratios recorded in 2019. However, the actual ratios are presumed to be lower than the recommended target ratios in all specialties, with anesthesiology having the biggest capacity shortage at 2.48, with the recommended target being 5.23. On the other hand, nuclear physicians are expected to make the most notable improvements and only fall short of the recommended target by 0.02.
Projected total and target ratios of medical specialties in South Africa in 2025
(per 100,000 population)
The source states that the analysis conducted focuses on 26 medical specialties (dental specialties are excluded) and 44 sub-specialties. The
model includes both the public and private health sectors and takes account of the dynamics between the sectors.
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Department of Health South Africa. (January 10, 2020). Projected total and target ratios of medical specialties in South Africa in 2025 (per 100,000 population) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 21, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1418160/projected-total-and-target-ratios-of-medical-specialties-in-south-africa/
Department of Health South Africa. "Projected total and target ratios of medical specialties in South Africa in 2025 (per 100,000 population)." Chart. January 10, 2020. Statista. Accessed November 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1418160/projected-total-and-target-ratios-of-medical-specialties-in-south-africa/
Department of Health South Africa. (2020). Projected total and target ratios of medical specialties in South Africa in 2025 (per 100,000 population). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: November 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1418160/projected-total-and-target-ratios-of-medical-specialties-in-south-africa/
Department of Health South Africa. "Projected Total and Target Ratios of Medical Specialties in South Africa in 2025 (per 100,000 Population)." Statista, Statista Inc., 10 Jan 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1418160/projected-total-and-target-ratios-of-medical-specialties-in-south-africa/
Department of Health South Africa, Projected total and target ratios of medical specialties in South Africa in 2025 (per 100,000 population) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1418160/projected-total-and-target-ratios-of-medical-specialties-in-south-africa/ (last visited November 21, 2024)
Projected total and target ratios of medical specialties in South Africa in 2025 (per 100,000 population) [Graph], Department of Health South Africa, January 10, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1418160/projected-total-and-target-ratios-of-medical-specialties-in-south-africa/
