Health providers are essential to preventing deaths from childbirth and disease. But “health providers” can refer to anything from nurses to midwives to physicians. Here we look at the relationship between doctor density and two key health metrics: life expectancy and infant mortality rate. Click here to see the doctor density infographic.
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DISCUSSION: 1 Comment
This is good, but it’d be interesting to see a state-by-state or county-by-county version for the US [or similar breakdowns for other countries]. To say that all geographic areas of any country meet that kind of density level is too generic.