READ ME File For 'Globalised healthcare workforce' Dataset DOI: 10.5258/SOTON/D1733 ReadMe Author: Peter Griffiths, University of Southampton [https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2439-2857] This dataset supports the publication: N/A This dataset contains: This data set is derived from the WHO Global Health Observatory and is used to illustrate the association between health outcomes and the health workforce in a teaching session "The globalised health care workforce" (NPCG1028 / NPCG6AA3 Global and Public Health) It contains Doictors and nurses per 10,000 population + healthy life expectancy for all available countries. Calucalted field is the doctor nurse ratio The figures are as follows: Fig. 1 Doctors Vs Nursing and midwifery personnel (per 10 000 population) by Country in 2016 Fig. 2 Nurses per 10,000 vs Healthy life expectancy ay birth by Country in 2016 Fig. 3 Docters per 10,000 vs Healthy life expectancy at birth by Country in 2016 Date of data collection: 2016 Information about geographic location of data collection: Global Licence: CC-BY Date that the file was created: Feb, 2020