Realizing universal health coverage for maternal health services in the Republic of Guinea: The use of workforce projections to design health labor market interventions

Risk Management and Healthcare Policy

Volumn 7, Issue , 2014, Pages 219-232

  Jansen, Christel ^a   Codjia, Laurence ^b   Cometto, Giorgio ^b   Yansané, Mohamed Lamine ^c   Dieleman, Marjolein ^a  

^a ROYAL TROPICAL INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^c Health Focus GmbH   (Guinea)

Author keywords

Human resources for health; Workforce projections

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHY; GUINEA; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; MATERNAL CARE; MIDWIFE; NEWBORN CARE; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRODUCTIVITY; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; REVIEW; RURAL AREA; STRATEGIC PLANNING; URBAN AREA; WORKLOAD;

EID: 84938820408     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11791594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/RMHP.S46418     Document Type: Review

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