Using economic analysis in health workforce policy-making

Oxford Review of Economic Policy

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 41-63

  Araujo, Edson C ^a   Evans, Timothy Grant ^a   Maeda, Akiko ^a  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

Health care markets; Health policy; Health workers labour market; Health workforce; Universal health coverage

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH WORKER; INCENTIVE; LABOR MARKET; LOW INCOME POPULATION; POLICY MAKING; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; TRAINING;

EID: 84960081479     PISSN: 0266903X     EISSN: 14602121     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxrep/grw001     Document Type: Article

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