作者
Yazed AlRuthia, Mohammad A Alsenaidy, Haitham K Alrabiah, Abdullah AlMuhaisen, Mohammad Alshehri
发表日期
2018/12
期刊
Human resources for health
卷号
16
页码范围
1-8
出版商
BioMed Central
简介
Background
The economy of Saudi Arabia is currently undergoing a major transformation which will have an impact on employment in the pharmacy sector. However, quantitative data characterizing the pharmacy workforce in the Kingdom are currently not available. Therefore, the aim of this study was to determine the current status of the licensed pharmacy workforce in the pharmacy field in Saudi Arabia.
Methods
Descriptive statistics were performed on data from the Saudi Commission for Health Specialties (SCFHS) as of March 2017.
Results
The labor market for pharmacists in Saudi Arabia is dominated by expatriates. Saudi nationals constitute less than 20% of the pharmacists employed in the Kingdom. The underemployment of Saudis is most evident in the largest sectors of the pharmacy field, namely, private …
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