A comprehensive health labour market framework for universal health coverage

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 91, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 892-894

  Sousa, Angelica ^a   Scheffler, Richard M ^b   Nyoni, Jennifer ^a   Boerma, Ties ^a  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; CLINICAL SUPERVISION; CONTINUING EDUCATION; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE MANPOWER; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; MIGRATION; NOTE; PERSONNEL SHORTAGE; PRODUCTIVITY; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIAL WORK; STAFF TRAINING; HEALTH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POLICY;

GLOBAL HEALTH; HEALTH MANPOWER; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; POLICY;

EID: 84887009312     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: 15640604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2471/BLT.13.118927     Document Type: Note

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