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Analyzing markets for health workers

McPake, Barbara, Edoka, Ijeoma, Scott, Anthony

2014,2015

Overview

The aim of this publication is to examine how labor and health economics can be used to analyze and better understand the role and functions of health worker labor markets. Health workforce shortages stem not only from inadequate overall supply, but also from suboptimal allocation of health human resources by location and role. Low performance and productivity are also issues. These three problems are often compounded by a resource problem - the gap between the finances required for an adequate workforce and those likely available. The application of labor economics to health care labor markets needs to account for the specific institutional features and market failures in health care. The document is organized as follows: first section gives introduction, the second section sets out a broad framework that needs to be used when examining health care labor markets. The third section summarizes the key issues surrounding the demand and supply of health workers and how these interact in the health worker labor market. The fourth section summarizes the broad analytical approaches used in economics, focusing on issues of causality and labor market dynamics. The final section suggests some gaps in research and analysis for health worker labor markets in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs).

• Publisher: THE WORLD BANK,World Bank,World Bank Publications,The World Bank,Washington, DC: World Bank
• Subject: ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE / ACCOUNTING / ACUTE CARE / ACUTE CARE HOSPITALS / AGED / AMOUNT OF REMUNERATION / BARGAINING / BLOOD PRESSURE / BLOOD SAMPLES / CAPITATION / CAPITATION PAYMENT / CARERS / CLINICIANS / COMMUNITY HEALTH / COST ANALYSIS / COST OF CAPITAL / COST OF HEALTH SERVICES / COUNSELING / DEATHS / DEBT / DEMAND FOR HEALTH / DEMAND FOR HEALTH CARE / DEMAND FOR SERVICES / DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH / DIAGNOSIS / DOCTORS / DRIVERS / DRUGS / ECONOMIC ANALYSIS / ECONOMIC GROWTH / ECONOMIC POLICY / ECONOMIC REVIEW / Economics / EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES / EQUILIBRIUM / EQUITY ISSUES / FEE FOR SERVICE / FINANCIAL INCENTIVES / FINANCIAL PROTECTION / FINANCING POLICIES / FLAT RATE / GENERAL PRACTITIONERS / GOVERNMENT POLICIES / HEALTH BUDGETS / HEALTH CARE / HEALTH CARE COSTS / HEALTH CARE EXPENDITURES / HEALTH CARE FINANCING / HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATIONS / HEALTH CARE PROVISION / HEALTH CARE SECTOR / HEALTH CARE SERVICES / HEALTH CARE SYSTEM / HEALTH CARE SYSTEM OUTCOMES / HEALTH COSTS / HEALTH COVERAGE / HEALTH ECONOMICS / HEALTH ECONOMISTS / HEALTH EDUCATION / HEALTH EXPENDITURE / HEALTH FACILITIES / HEALTH FINANCING / HEALTH INSURANCE / HEALTH MANPOWER / Health Manpower -- economics / HEALTH ORGANIZATION / HEALTH OUTCOMES / Health Personnel -- economics / HEALTH POLICIES / HEALTH POLICY / HEALTH PROFESSIONALS / HEALTH PROFESSIONS / HEALTH SECTOR / HEALTH SERVICE / HEALTH SERVICES / HEALTH STATUS / HEALTH SYSTEM / HEALTH SYSTEM STRENGTHENING / HEALTH SYSTEMS / HEALTH SYSTEMS RESEARCH / HEALTH WORKFORCE / HIGH WAGES / HOSPITALS / HUMAN CAPITAL / HUMAN DEVELOPMENT / HUMAN RESOURCES / ILLNESS / INCOME / INCOME COUNTRIES / INCOME EFFECT / INDUCED DEMAND / INFORMAL CARE / INFORMAL ECONOMIES / INFORMAL PAYMENTS / INSURERS / INTERVENTION / ISOLATION / LABOR DEMAND / LABOR ECONOMICS / LABOR FORCE / LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION / LABOR MARKET / LABOR MARKET ISSUES / LABOR MARKETS / LABOR PRODUCTIVITY / LABOR SHORTAGE / LABOR SUPPLY / LABOUR / LEISURE TIME / LIFE YEARS / LIVING STANDARDS / LOW INCOME / LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES / MANAGED CARE / MARGINAL COST / MARGINAL VALUE / MARKET FAILURES / MARKET WAGE / MARKET WAGES / MEDICAL ASSOCIATION / MEDICAL CARE / MEDICAL DEVICES / MEDICAL EDUCATION / Medical personnel / MEDICAL RESEARCH / MEDICAL SPECIALISTS / MEDICAL SPECIALTIES / MEDICAL TRAINING / MEDICATION / MEDICINES / MIGRATION / MINIMUM WAGES / MORTALITY / MOTIVATION / NATIONAL HEALTH / NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE / NURSES / NURSING / NUTRITION / OCCUPATIONS / OUTPUTS / PATIENT / PATIENTS / PHYSICIAN / PHYSICIANS / PRICE CONTROLS / PRICE ELASTICITY / PRIMARY CARE / PRIVATE SECTOR / PRIVATE SECTORS / PRODUCTION PROCESS / PRODUCTIVITY / PSYCHOLOGISTS / PUBLIC HEALTH / PUBLIC HEALTH INFRASTRUCTURE / Public health personnel / PUBLIC HEALTH WORKERS / PUBLIC SECTOR / QUALITY OF CARE / RESEARCH PROGRAM / RETIREMENT / SERVANTS / SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES / SOCIAL RESEARCH / SUPPLY OF DOCTORS / SUPPLY OF HEALTH CARE / SURGERY / SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT / TRADE UNIONS / TREATMENT DECISIONS / TREATMENTS / UNEMPLOYED / UNEMPLOYMENT / VISITS / WAGE DIFFERENTIALS / WAGE FLEXIBILITY / WASTE / WORKERS / WORKFORCE PLANNING / WORKING HOURS
• ISBN: 1464802246, 9781464802249