In 2020, approximately 737 thousand physicians worked in Russia. The number of doctors in the country gradually increased in recent years after a decline in 2015, when medical professionals across Russia were cut during the process of a health system reform. To increase salaries of healthcare professionals, the health ministry cut on other expenses and reduced the number of workers.
Number of doctors in Russia from 1990 to 2020
(in 1,000s)
* Since 2012, excluding doctoral students, clinical residents, interns, due to methodological changes of the Health Ministry of Russia.
At the end of each year.
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Russian Federal State Statistics Service. (November 30, 2021). Number of doctors in Russia from 1990 to 2020 (in 1,000s) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 03, 2022, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1110846/number-of-doctors-in-russia/
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Russian Federal State Statistics Service. (2021). Number of doctors in Russia from 1990 to 2020 (in 1,000s). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 03, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1110846/number-of-doctors-in-russia/
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