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Expresses medical workforce supply both as people per doctor and as doctors per 1,000 and 10,000 population.
Doctor to population ratio
People per doctor = population / doctors; doctors per 10,000 = doctors / population x 10,000
It is widely quoted but not a formal WHO norm; the WHO uses the combined workforce density threshold instead.
A high total ratio can still leave gaps if generalists, anaesthetists or obstetricians are scarce.