Share of general practitioners aged 55 and over

This indicator shows the share of general practitioners aged 55 and over among the doctors active in the entity, without age limitation. Doctors are listed in the entity in which they practise 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 doctors aged 55 and over indicate a risk of shortage of general practitioners in the medium term (due to the transition to a pension and the time needed to renew them or the absence of one). Walloon general practitioners have been listed by the AVIQ in a cadastre. Included in the data of this cadastre are all general practitioners, regardless of their age, - whose INAMI approval number ends with 003 or 004 (approved general practitioners) - and who declare that they practise general medicine on Walloon territory (active general practitioners). The following are not included in this cadastre: - General practitioners in training, - General practitioners who are retired or deregistered, - Full-time doctors who carry out a medical activity other than classical general medicine (nutrition, acupuncture, homeopathy, dietetics, sports medicine, occupational medicine, preventive medicine, school medicine, ONE doctors, activity at the Red Cross, nursing home coordinators, prison doctor, etc.), - General practitioners practising in hospitals, - Doctors who were off work 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 related to the number of general practitioners of all ages.