Not enough doctors or not enough needs? Refocusing health workforce planning from providers and services to populations and needs

Journal of Health Services Research and Policy

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 107-113

  Birch, Stephen ^a,b   Mason, Thomas ^b   Sutton, Matthew ^b   Whittaker, William ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Population needs; Workforce planning

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ETHNIC AND RACIAL GROUPS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; OUTPATIENT; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SELF REPORT; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84886454117     PISSN: 13558196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1355819612473592     Document Type: Article

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