Dear Colleagues
Some of you may be interested in the following report written by Karen
Bloor and Alan Maynard looking at health systems workforce issues in
several countries. Australia, France, Germany, Sweden and the UK. This was
commissioned by the Canadian Health Services Research Foundation,
Best wishes
David McDaid
LSE Health and Social Care
Karen Bloor, Alan Maynard
Planning human resources in health care: Towards an economic approach
Available on-line at http://www.chsrf.ca/docs/finalrpts/bloor_e.shtml
Information
Policy makers in Canada's healthcare system recognize the need to plan
health human resources better, with more systematic and integrated
approaches. Many are looking to other healthcare systems for ideas and
examples that might be useful in the Canadian context. At a distance, other
countries' health systems may look like they hold straightforward answers
for Canada's health system. But it is clear that opinions developed from
afar are not sufficient to base management and policy decisions on. To
inform the design and development of improved workforce planning, a review
of healthcare systems was done in five countries: Australia, France,
Germany, Sweden and the United Kingdom. Planning human resources in health
care: Towards an economic approach highlights the results of that review
and its implications for those running the health system. This review was
commissioned by the Canadian Health Services Research Foundation at the
request of and with funding from the Advisory Committee on Health Human
Resources of the Federal/Provincial/Territorial Conference of Deputy
Ministers of Health. The Institute of Health Services and Policy Research
in the Canadian Institutes of Health Research provided assistance with peer
review and with defining the original scope of the paper.
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