Health workforce metrics pre- and post-2015: A stimulus to public policy and planning

Human Resources for Health

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Pozo Martin, Francisco ^a   Nove, Andrea ^a   Lopes, Sofia Castro ^a   Campbell, James ^b   Buchan, James ^c   Dussault, Gilles ^d   Kunjumen, Teena ^b   Cometto, Giorgio ^b   Siyam, Amani ^b  

^a ICS Instituto de Cooperación Social Integrare   (Spain)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d INSTITUTO DE HIGIENE E MEDICINA TROPICAL   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Countdown; Data; Densities; Health systems; Health workforce; Low and middle income countries; Metrics; Sustainable development goals; Universal health coverage

Indexed keywords

CHILD DEATH; DATA BASE; DOCTOR NURSE RELATION; FEMALE; GROWTH RATE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INVESTMENT; MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRY; MIDWIFE; NEWBORN; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC POLICY; STATISTICS; STIMULUS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; GLOBAL HEALTH; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INSURANCE; MANPOWER; MATERNAL MORTALITY; NURSE; PHYSICIAN; PREGNANCY; STANDARDS; SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION;

DATA COLLECTION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; GLOBAL HEALTH; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH PLANNING; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MIDWIFERY; NURSES; PHYSICIANS; PREGNANCY; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; UNIVERSAL COVERAGE;

EID: 85013156518     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14784491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12960-017-0190-7     Document Type: Article

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