Share of general practitioners aged 55 and over

This indicator includes the share of general practitioners aged 55 and over among physicians active in the entity, without age limitation. Doctors are listed in the entity in which they practice their profession, which is not necessarily that of their home. If they work in more than one entity, they will be listed in the one corresponding to their main workload. A significant proportion of physicians aged 55 and over indicate a risk of shortage of general practitioners in the medium term (because of the transition to pension and the time it takes to renew them or the absence of them). Walloon general practitioners have been listed by the AVIQ in a cadastre. Are included in the data of this cadastre all general practitioners, regardless of their age, — whose INAMI approval number ends in 003 or 004 (approved general practitioners) — and who declare to practice general medicine in Walloon territory (active general practitioners). Are not included in this cadastre: General practitioners in training, — Pensioned or delisted general practitioners, — Full-time doctors who perform a medical activity other than conventional general medicine (nutrition, acupuncture, homeopathy, dietetics, sports medicine, occupational medicine, preventive medicine, school medicine, ONE doctors, Red Cross activity, nursing home coordinators, prison doctor, etc.), General practitioners who practice in hospitals, — Doctors who were on work stoppage during the past year. The cadastre of general practitioners contains data by number of doctors (staff) or by full-time equivalent (FTE). For this indicator, the number of general practitioners aged 55 and over is reported to the number of general practitioners of all ages.