Understanding the labour market
Understanding the dynamics of labour market is key to tackling health workforce imbalances, shortages and to facilitate policymaking and planning. International mobility of health professionals has increased substantially in the last decades. The globalisation of the labour market significantly impacts upon the mobility and rights of workers, as well as the efficiency of health systems.
The paper Not enough there, too many here: understanding geographical imbalances in the distribution of the health workforce explores the geographical dimensions of the availability of qualified health personnel. The authors examine the determinants of these imbalances and attempt to identify and assess strategies to overcome these barriers. The authors argue that the geographical distribution of the health workforce cannot be dealt with in isolation. The response must take into account factors residing outside the domain of the Ministry of Health and must be multifaceted, integrated and coordinated in relation t the health sector and its environment. One major factor is the emergence of the private sector, both for-profit and not-for-profit, which has resulted in major changes on the environment in which HRH issues are to be addressed.
The paper Not enough there, too many here: understanding geographical imbalances in the distribution of the health workforce explores the geographical dimensions of the availability of qualified health personnel. The authors examine the determinants of these imbalances and attempt to identify and assess strategies to overcome these barriers. The authors argue that the geographical distribution of the health workforce cannot be dealt with in isolation. The response must take into account factors residing outside the domain of the Ministry of Health and must be multifaceted, integrated and coordinated in relation t the health sector and its environment. One major factor is the emergence of the private sector, both for-profit and not-for-profit, which has resulted in major changes on the environment in which HRH issues are to be addressed.
- Uses of population census data for monitoring geographical imbalance in the health workforce: snapshots from three developing countries
- ( N. Gupta ; P. Zurn; K. Diallo; M. Dal Poz / Department of Health Service Provision, WHO , 2003)
- Imbalance in the distribution of human resources for health (HRH) is an issue of social and political concern in many countries. However, the empirical evidence to support decision-making is often fra...
- Not enough there, too many here: understanding geographical imbalances in the distribution of the health workforce
- ( G. Dussault; M.C. Franceschini / Human Resources for Health , 2006)
- This paper, from Human Resources for Health, argues that the health-related Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) cannot be achieved if vulnerable populations do not have access to skilled personnel. Th...
