Handling healthcare workforce planning with care: Where do we stand?

Human Resources for Health

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Lopes, Mário Amorim ^a   Almeida, Álvaro Santos ^b   Almada Lobo, Bernardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Demand; Health policy; Health care workforce planning; Needs; Review; Supply

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MANPOWER; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH PLANNING; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT;

EID: 85019261395     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14784491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12960-015-0028-0     Document Type: Review

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