Liberal Health Professionals: patient by territory (department, region)
Description
This dataset is one of the sources of data visualisations available on the [Liberal Health Professionals] website(https://data.ameli.fr/pages/data-professionnels-sante-liberaux/).
### General information:
The liberal health professions available in this dataset are:
* the **doctors** (with more than twenty medical specialties);
* dental surgeons** (including dentofacial orthopaedic specialists – ODF);
* the **women**;
* medical assistants with five professions: **nurses, massage therapists, speech therapists, orthoptists, pedicures-podologists**.
They are health professionals active on 31 December of the year concerned and:
* exercising their activity as a liberal;
* in metropolitan France, Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Reunion, Martinique and Mayotte;
* having received at least EUR 1 in fees;
* whether they are contracted with the Sickness Insurance or not (when they generate a prescription reimbursed by the Sickness Insurance);
* professionals in employment-retirement cumulation are counted in the workforce as long as they meet the previous conditions.
This dataset presents information on the patientele of liberal healthcare professionals:
* number of unique patients (active file);
* number of “doctor treating” patients (only for **general physicians** and **pediatricians**).
Several territorial levels are available: national level (whole France), region, department.
The data are derived from the National Health Data System (NSDS). For more information (source, field, definitions of modalities), visit the [Method](https://data.ameli.fr/pages/data-professionnels-sante-liberaux-methode/) page of this site.
### Statistical confidentiality:
Out of respect for statistical confidentiality (Law of 7 June 1951) and in order that direct or indirect identification of individuals is impossible, no information on fees, prescriptions and patient care is provided when the number of liberal health professionals is strictly less than 5.
The value of the indicator is then indicated by “NS” (not significant) in the dataset.
### Abbreviations present in the data:
* “NS” = non-significant (application of statistical confidentiality)
* “NC” = not calculated (occupation not concerned, etc.)
### Data update:
The data proposed for download in the “Export” tab is updated every year (data from the whole of France since 2016).
Resources
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https://www.data.gouv.fr/api/1/datasets/r/87c200ea-c18a-4141-8c24-da7557f94658 |
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https://www.data.gouv.fr/api/1/datasets/r/16a70fd8-8ec1-4202-820d-a00ecfe7665b |
Tags
- professionnels-de-sante-liberaux