Comprehensive health workforce planning: Re-consideration of the primary health care approach as a tool for addressing the human resource for health crisis in low and middle income countries

Tanzania Journal of Health Research

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Munga, Michael A ^a   Mwangu, Mughwira A ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Tanzania)

^b MUHIMBILI UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Human resources; Planning; Primary health care approach

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; MEDICAL EXPERT; MOTIVATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; TANZANIA; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HEALTH CARE MANPOWER; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; TRENDS;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HEALTH MANPOWER; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; PLANNING TECHNIQUES; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REGIONAL HEALTH PLANNING; TANZANIA;

EID: 84877277244     PISSN: 18216404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/thrb.v15i2.6     Document Type: Article

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