Liberal Health Professionals: requirements by post and territory (department, region)

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: **doctors** (with more than twenty medical specialties). 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 amounts of the various prescribing posts of liberal doctors: * medicines; * medical devices included in the List of Products and Benefits (LPP) (including medical beds, wheelchairs, oxygen supply, miscellaneous prostheses, diabetes treatment equipment, hearing aids and visuals, etc.); * biology (sampling and biological analyses); * nursing; * physiotherapy; * transport of patients; * daily allowances; *others (including pedicuria, speech therapy, orthoptia, vaccination, spa treatments, professional travel expenses, etc.). These amounts are presented: * in total amount (for the whole profession); * in average amount (per professional). These average amounts are presented for the sub-population of professionals known as “active in their own right” (EPA). 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 will be updated annually (currently: data for the whole of France in 2021).