Applying the workload indicators of staffing need (WISN) method in Namibia: Challenges and implications for human resources for health policy

Human Resources for Health

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  McQuide, Pamela A ^a   Kolehmainen Aitken, Riitta Liisa ^b   Forster, Norbert ^c  

^a SONATEL Lot R73   (Namibia)

^b not available   (Spain)

^c Ministry of Health and Social Services   (Namibia)

Author keywords

Health workforce; Human resources; Namibia; WISN; Workload; Workload Indicators of Staffing Need

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MANPOWER; MEDICAL STAFF; NAMIBIA; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; STATISTICS; WORKLOAD;

HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; NAMIBIA; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; WORKLOAD;

EID: 84889872810     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14784491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1478-4491-11-64     Document Type: Article

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