This study employs a cluster randomized controlled trial and administrative health center data to investigate the effects of authorizing community health workers to deliver a new generation of contraceptive injections directly to women during routine home visits following comprehensive training....

We study the impact of the Brexit referendum on the quality of employment and working conditions of workers in the National Health Service (NHS). Using a difference-in-differences (DiD) design and propensity score matching to compare NHS employees with a control group referring to occupations...

We study the impact of the Brexit referendum on the quality of employment and working conditions of workers in the National Health Service (NHS). Using a difference-in-differences (DiD) design and propensity score matching to compare NHS employees with a control group referring to occupations...

DigiCanTrain implements a new digital skills training for cancer health care workforce in Europe to support the development of more effective, person-centred health care, digital cancer care services and the use of contemporary eHealth technology.

The purpose of this study is to identify the factors impacting medical professionals' adoption intention of AI-based innovative medical devices focused on the mediating role of trust. Drawing on the UTAUT model, we examined the mediating effect of trust in the relationships between these factors...

This study investigates emigration patterns among healthcare professionals in Bosnia and Herzegovina, examining the underlying reasons for emigration and proposing actionable solutions to curb this trend. A mixed-methods approach is employed, combining quantitative data from surveys administered...

This technical report presents the data and data sources used in the Supply ANd DEMand model for the healthcare workforce (SANDEM) to produce projections for the EU27. This model reflects the interaction between the labour market dynamics and demographic trends in shaping future EU healthcare...

Introduction: The World Health Report 2006 defined 'availability', 'competence', 'responsiveness' and 'productivity' as the key dimensions of the health workforce (HWF) performance framework. Since then, new goals have been set to address population health needs by optimizing HWF performance and...

The depletion of health professionals' morale and motivation in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic sparked an interest in understanding what drives workers to choose and remain motivated in the health sector. This study contributes to a better understanding of this phenomenon by specifically...

"Human Resources for Mental Health Service Delivery in Viet Nam" provides an overview of the country's current state of and challenges to mental health service delivery. The framework of the report is composed of four interconnected domains: health care, social services, education and mental...

The report is organized around a conceptual framework that focuses on the drivers of health worker performance in the health administration and in health facilities. The administration-level drivers focus on core stewardship functions- facility funding, supervision, and data-informed management....

This paper uses a health labor market lens to examine the impact of COVID-19 on health workers, as well as relevant policy levers. It compiles a collection of literature using a standardized measurement framework to determine the impact of COVID-19 on health workers. It examines the relevant...

Health systems in Africa have posted unimpressive results in the last two decades or so. This almost ubiquitous under-performance among African countries is due to several interrelated and disparate factors arising from economic, socio-cultural, political and organizational deficiencies. Health...

WHO’s Global Strategy on Human Resources for Health: Workforce 2030 identified a projected shortfall of 18 million health workers by 2030, primarily in low- and middle-income countries. The need for investment was re-enforced by the 2016 report and recommendations of the UN High-Level...

Healthcare professionals worldwide were at the forefront of fighting the COVID-19 pandemic. The conditions for healthcare professionals in India during the pandemic were especially challenging, however, because healthcare workers served a population of more than 1.4 billion people in a severely...

Globally, the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has sparked unexpected and violent outbursts against doctors, nurses, and other health personnel. In the Indian context, studies on violence against doctors and other medical staff largely focus on supply-demand imbalances in health care,...

We assess the short-term impacts of the Doctors-to-the-Barrios (DTTB), a national physician deployment program in the Philippines that augments the supply of rural healthcare workers in underserved areas, on several health sector outcomes. Using regression discontinuity design, we find that the...

This study aimed to determine the role of soft skill competency (SSC) and employees' capacity (EC) in mediating the effect of training effectiveness (TE) on health workers' performance (HWP). A quantitative approach was conducted by using the Structural Equation Modeling (SEM)-Amos version 23...

Over the years, Sri Lanka achieved excellent scores in health indicators relative to the national expenditure on health. However, due to several challenging situations such as the 2019 Easter bombings, COVID-19 pandemic and economic crisis, there was a depletion of the GDP as well as rising...

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to determine how the variables of supply chain performance, performance of medical personnel, and occupancy overload affect operating performance moderated by dynamic capability variables. In a case study of public health center in...

This study aims to evaluate the effects of selected key factors on health outcomes. Unfortunately, statistical reporting in this field is not harmonized, and in some countries it is completely absent. For this reason, valuable information for health determinant analysis may be lacking or...

We study physicians' migration intentions by undertaking a Discrete Choice Experiment with senior Italian medical students. Using the mixed logit models, we estimate how much income students are willing to forego for various job characteristics, including the job location. We find that future...

This paper presents a model of consumption and household production that takes into account substitution between health-related goods that are produced at home and those produced commercially as well as substitution between goods produced at home by oneself and those produced by one's spouse or...

"Um Infektionen während der Corona-Pandemie zu verringern, zielten Maßnahmen von Bund und Ländern vorrangig darauf ab, Kontakte zu reduzieren. Allerdings sind Kontaktreduzierungen oder das Arbeiten im Homeoffice nicht in allen Berufen umsetzbar. Befragungs- und Infektionsdaten zeigen, wie die...