Projecting Thailand Physician Supplies between 2012 and 2030: Application of...
This study forecasts physician supply between 2012 and 2030 using cohort analysis, based on future production capacity and losses from the profession, and assesses if, and by when, the projected...
View ArticleScaling up Health Worker Production: The Bottlenecks and Best Buys Approach
This technical brief presents an overview of an approach to help identify critical bottlenecks to providing quality preservice education and prioritize affordable actions for increasing the quantity of...
View ArticleProvider Payment in Community-Based Health Insurance Schemes in Developing...
The authors reviewed provider payment methods used in community-based insurance (CBI) in developing countries and their impact on CBI performance. [from abstract]
View ArticleHealth Workforce Remuneration: Comparing Wage Levels, Ranking, and Dispersion...
This article explores remuneration in human resources for health, comparing wage levels, ranking and dispersion of 16 occupational groups in 20 countries is to examine to what extent the wage rankings,...
View ArticleNew Zealand: Primary Health Organization (PHO) Performance Program
This report outlines and evaluates a pay-for-performance program designed to strengthen the role of primary health organizations to focus on population health and health inequality programs, and to...
View ArticleAustralia: The Practice Incentives Program (PIP)
The authors evaluate Autstralia’s Practice Incentives Program which aims to encourage continuing improvements in general practice through financial incentives to support quality care, and improve...
View ArticleDealing with Difficult Design Decisions: The Experience of an RBF Pilot...
The Haut-Katanga pilot program and impact evaluation described in this paper is intended to provide rigorous evidence, using a randomized intervention design, of the effects of a performance-based...
View ArticlePerformance-Based Financing: Just a Donor Fad or a Catalyst Towards...
This article outlines the debate on performance-based financing from those who view it as a donor fad with limited potential to improve service delivery to those who suggest that it may contribute to...
View ArticleDesigning and Implementing Health Care Provider Payment Systems: How-To Manuals
This extensive volume shows how revenues, once collected and pooled, can then be channeled through specialized financing arrangements or agencies that have substantial purchasing power; that provide a...
View ArticleAnalysis of Human Resources for Health in African Portuguese Speaking...
The report provides available data on the health workforce in PALOP. Its purpose is to support the responsible staff and partners to identify the needs for intervention, in order to improve the...
View ArticleAssessment of Human Resources at the Pharmaceutical Sector
The main objective of this assessment was to determine human resources availability in the pharmaceutical sector in Sudan. The assessment was done in six states and included the Ministry of Health and...
View ArticleNational Human Resources for Health Strategic Plan for Sudan 2012-2016
This strategic plan for HRH in Sudan is introduced with the aim of guiding the efforts and further work in developing human resource plans at different levels of the health system in a comprehensive...
View ArticleTowards Interventions in Human Resources for Health in Ghana: Evidence for...
To address the lack of information to guide the development of policies and programs on HRH, this book aims to paint a comprehensive picture on HRH, consolidating new and existing evidence. The book...
View ArticleSaving Lives, Ensuring a Legacy: A Health Workforcce Strategy for the Global...
The health workforce crisis is widely recognized as a critical obstacle to achieving the Millennium Development Goals, as well as the global health goals of the United States Government. The Global...
View ArticleLongitudinal Study of Rural Health Workforce in Five Countries in China:...
The authors conducted a longitudinal study to explore the current situation and track the future evolution of the rural healthcare workforce, specifically village doctors, in China. [adapted from...
View ArticleAddressing the Human Resources Crisis: A Case Study of Cambodia's Efforts to...
The objective of this article was to identify factors that have contributed to the systematic development of the Cambodian human resources for health system with a focus on midwifery services in...
View ArticleCost-Effectiveness Analyses of Training: A Manger's Guide
This article has been written as a guide for program managers who want to recognize and support high quality cost-effetiveness analysis (CEA) of training. It focuses on the approaches and challenges...
View ArticleHuman Resource Implications of Improving Financial Risk Protection for...
There is a growing consensus that user fees undermine equitable access to essential health care in many low and middle income countries. Changes to fees have major implications for human resources for...
View ArticleDeployment of Community Health Workers across Rural Sub-Saharan Africa:...
This paper provides cost guidance for one adaptable configuration of a community health worker subsystem: a provider system housed within a larger primary-health-care system that includes clinics and...
View ArticleForecasting Supply and Demand in Nursing Professions: Impacts of Occupational...
To portray the different possible developments in the supply of nursing professionals, the authors projected the supply of formally trained nurses and the potential supply of persons who are able to...
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