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In 2022, in Italy, there were a total of approximately *** thousand physicians working in the public and private health care sector combined. This figure included over ** thousand general practitioners and *** thousand specialist practitioners. Among the latter category, there were almost **** thousand pediatricians, roughly **** thousand cardiologists, and approximately **** thousand anesthesiologists. 

General practitioners

General practitioners in Italy represent one of the largest categories of physicians in Italy. Lombardy, which is the most populated Italian region, has the highest number of general practitioners, with . However, the region with the highest share of general practitioners was Molise, with *** family doctors per 10,000 inhabitants.

Dentists

As of 2021, the estimated number of dentists in Italy was **** thousand, slightly lower than the figure recorded in previous years. The density of practicing dentists was roughly **** per 1,000 inhabitants during the same year. The Italian region with the lowest number of patients per dentist was Liguria, followed by Abruzzo and Lazio.