Scaling Up the Health Workforce in the Public Sector : The Role of Government Fiscal Policy

Scaling Up the Health Workforce in the Public Sector : The Role of Government Fiscal Policy

Health workers play a key role in increasing access to health care services. Global and country-level estimates show that staffing in many developing countries - particularly in Sub-Saharan Africa - is far leaner than needed to deliver essential health services to the population. One factor that can...

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Main Author: Vujicic, M.
Format: Journal Article
Language:EN
Published: 2012
Subjects:
Budgets
Health Manpower
Humans
Policy Making
Public Sector
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10986/5144
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spelling okr-10986-51442021-04-23T14:02:21Z Scaling Up the Health Workforce in the Public Sector : The Role of Government Fiscal Policy Vujicic, M. Budgets Health Manpower Humans Policy Making Public Sector Health workers play a key role in increasing access to health care services. Global and country-level estimates show that staffing in many developing countries - particularly in Sub-Saharan Africa - is far leaner than needed to deliver essential health services to the population. One factor that can limit scaling up the health workforce in developing countries is the government's overall wage policy which sometimes creates restrictions on hiring in the health sector. But while there is considerable debate, the information base in this important area has been quite limited. This paper summarizes the process that determines the budget for health wages in the public sector, how it is linked to overall wage policies, and how this affects staffing in the health sector. The author draws mainly from a recent World Bank report. 2012-03-30T07:31:31Z 2012-03-30T07:31:31Z 2010 Journal Article World Hosp Health Serv 1029-0540 (Print) 1029-0540 (Linking) http://hdl.handle.net/10986/5144 EN http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo World Bank Journal Article
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topic Budgets
Health Manpower
Humans
Policy Making
Public Sector
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Health Manpower
Humans
Policy Making
Public Sector
Vujicic, M.
Scaling Up the Health Workforce in the Public Sector : The Role of Government Fiscal Policy
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description Health workers play a key role in increasing access to health care services. Global and country-level estimates show that staffing in many developing countries - particularly in Sub-Saharan Africa - is far leaner than needed to deliver essential health services to the population. One factor that can limit scaling up the health workforce in developing countries is the government's overall wage policy which sometimes creates restrictions on hiring in the health sector. But while there is considerable debate, the information base in this important area has been quite limited. This paper summarizes the process that determines the budget for health wages in the public sector, how it is linked to overall wage policies, and how this affects staffing in the health sector. The author draws mainly from a recent World Bank report.
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author Vujicic, M.
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title Scaling Up the Health Workforce in the Public Sector : The Role of Government Fiscal Policy
title_short Scaling Up the Health Workforce in the Public Sector : The Role of Government Fiscal Policy
title_full Scaling Up the Health Workforce in the Public Sector : The Role of Government Fiscal Policy
title_fullStr Scaling Up the Health Workforce in the Public Sector : The Role of Government Fiscal Policy
title_full_unstemmed Scaling Up the Health Workforce in the Public Sector : The Role of Government Fiscal Policy
title_sort scaling up the health workforce in the public sector : the role of government fiscal policy
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