1. Number of healthcare professionals Total number of workers in the healthcare system 76,932 Total number of healthcare professionals (and associates) 58,682 permanent employment 51,000 temporary employment 7,682 Total number of administration and technical staff 18,250 Healthcare workers Number% Doctors of medicine12,66921,1 Doctors of dental medicine 3,455 5,8 Masters of pharmacy 2,760 4,4 Medical nurses/technicians 32,83839,8

2. Doctors of medicine /population of 100,000 Source: European health for all database (HFA-DB); http://www.euro.who.int/hfadb

3. Comparison of number of doctors of medicine per population of 100,000 between the Republic of Croatia (RH) (red line) and the European Union (green line)

4. Doctors of dental medicine/population of 100,000 RH 76 (2006)EU 60 (2006) Source: European health for all database (HFA-DB); http://www.euro.who.int/hfadb

5. Masters of pharmacy/population of 100,000 RH 61 (2006)EU 71 (2006) Source: European health for all database (HFA-DB); http://www.euro.who.int/hfadb

6. Medical nurses/technicians / population of 100,000 RH 526 (2006)EU 746 (2006) Source: European health for all database (HFA-DB); http://www.euro.who.int/hfadb

7. Education of healthcare professionals Students enrolment quota in 2008 GraduatedPassed the state exam Doctors of medicine 485cca 420cca 401 Doctors of dental medicine 155cca 110cca 122 Masters of pharmacy 150cca 147cca 120

8. Planning of healthcare professionals assessment of current situation optimum distribution of healthcare professionals according to: movements in total number of population epidemiological profile healthcare services development of skills: qualifications upgrade higher university quotas ( increased on 595 medicine ) specialist training based on competencies quality of the healthcare service