Asset Details
Do you wish to reserve the book?
Absenteeism amongst health workers – developing a typology to support empiric work in low-income countries and characterizing reported associations
Hey, we have placed the reservation for you!
By the way, why not check out events that you can attend while you pick your title.
Oops! Something went wrong.
Looks like we were not able to place the reservation. Kindly try again later.
Are you sure you want to remove the book from the shelf?
Absenteeism amongst health workers – developing a typology to support empiric work in low-income countries and characterizing reported associations
Do you wish to request the book?
Absenteeism amongst health workers – developing a typology to support empiric work in low-income countries and characterizing reported associations
Please be aware that the book you have requested cannot be checked out. If you would like to checkout this book, you can reserve another copy
We have requested the book for you!
Your request is successful and it will be processed during the Library working hours. Please check the status of your request in My Requests.
Oops! Something went wrong.
Looks like we were not able to place your request. Kindly try again later.
Journal Article
Absenteeism amongst health workers – developing a typology to support empiric work in low-income countries and characterizing reported associations
2013
Overview
The contribution of inadequate health worker numbers and emigration have been highlighted in the international literature, but relatively little attention has been paid to absenteeism as a factor that undermines health-care delivery in low income countries. We therefore aimed to review the literature on absenteeism from a health system manager’s perspective to inform needed work on this topic. Specifically, we aimed to develop a typology of definitions that might be useful to classify different forms of absenteeism and identify factors associated with absenteeism. Sixty-nine studies were reviewed, only four were from sub-Saharan Africa where the human resources for health crisis is most acute. Forms of absenteeism studied and methods used vary widely. No previous attempt to develop an overarching approach to classifying forms of absenteeism was identified. A typology based on key characteristics is proposed to fill this gap and considers absenteeism as defined by two key attributes, whether it is: planned/unplanned, and voluntary/involuntary. Factors reported to influence rates of absenteeism may be broadly classified into three thematic categories: workplace and content, personal and organizational and cultural factors. The literature presents an inconsistent picture of the effects of specific factors within these themes perhaps related to true contextual differences or inconsistent definitions of absenteeism.
Publisher
BioMed Central,BioMed Central Ltd,Springer Nature B.V
Subject
/ Acquired immune deficiency syndrome
/ Africa South of the Sahara - epidemiology
/ AIDS
/ Health Manpower - statistics & numerical data
/ HIV
/ Human immunodeficiency virus
/ Humans
/ Medicine
/ Nurses
/ Poverty
/ Practice and Hospital Management
/ Review
/ Sick Leave - statistics & numerical data
/ Studies
/ Workers
/ Workload
