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In 2012, the gross average salary for doctors in Canada was CDN$328,000. Out of the gross amount, doctors pay for taxes, rent, staff salaries and equipment. [90] In Canada, less than half of doctors are specialists whereas more than 70% of doctors are specialists in the U.S. [91] Canada has fewer doctors per capita than the United States.
Healthcare spending in Canada (in 1997 dollars) has increased each year between 1975 and 2009, from $39.7 billion to $137.3 billion, or per capita spending from $1,715 to $4089. [136] In 2013 the total reached $211 billion, averaging $5,988 per person. [ 137 ]
The OECD (Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development) dataset contains data on average annual wages for full-time and full-year equivalent employees in the total economy. Average annual wages per full-time equivalent dependent employee are obtained by dividing the national-accounts-based total wage bill by the average number of ...
The National Certification Corporation (NCC) offers certifications for obstetrical nurses. These include RNC-OB (Inpatient Obstetrics), a certification that allows graduate nurses who have completed a bachelor's degree in the US or Canada to expand into obstetrics. In order to gain an RNC-OB certificate, an online exam must be taken. [6]
While LPN jobs were expected to decline, in 2010 the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported the job growth rate of Licensed Practical Nurses as 22%, far above the national average of 14%. Median annual salary was reported as $44,090 per year, and hourly salary was reported as $19.42. [8]
Designation: PANC(C) — PeriAnesthesia Nurse Certified (Canada) National Nursing Specialty Association: National Association of PeriAnesthesia Nurses of Canada (NAPANc) Competencies [PDF, 548.9 KB] Perinatal Nursing - i.e. They teach mothers-to-be about pre-natal health, and what they'll experience while carrying a baby.
Preventable deaths per 100,000 people in 2007 [54] Physicians per 1000 people Nurses per 1000 people Per capita expenditure on health (USD PPP) Healthcare costs as a percent of GDP % of government revenue spent on health % of health costs paid by government; Australia: 83.0 4.49 57 2.8 10.1 3,353 8.5 17.7 67.5 Canada: 82.0 4.78 77 [55] 2.2 9.0 ...
Obstetrics and gynaecology (also spelled as obstetrics and gynecology; abbreviated as Obst and Gynae, O&G, OB-GYN and OB/GYN [a]) is the medical specialty that encompasses the two subspecialties of obstetrics (covering pregnancy, childbirth, and the postpartum period) and gynaecology (covering the health of the female reproductive system ...