Workforce Planning for Embedded Mental Health Care in the U.S. Navy

Strategic Health Workforce Planning

Analysts predict impending shortages in the health care workforce, yet wages for healthcare workers already account for over half of U.S. health expenditures. It is thus increasinglyimportant to adequately plan to meet health workforce demand at reasonable cost. Using infinitelinear programming methodology, we propose an infinite-horizon model for health workforceplanning in...

The primary care workforce: a critical element in mending the fractured US health care system

A focus on the primary care workforce is critical when discussing plans to address the fractured United States health care system. However, we must first address the primary care physician shortage crisis when planning for health care reform which focuses on increasing access to the US population. Initial strategies may include improving reimbursement rates for primary care services, incentiviz...

Health Workforce related challenges for Emergency Obstetric Care at peripheral health facilities: Providers’ Perspective

Abstract Introduction: Ministry of Health and Family Welfare of India is constantly Functioning to provide optimum health care to achieve Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by updating health infrastructure. Objective:  To study the readiness and challenges of peripheral health facilities regarding skilled health workforce to provide Emergency Obstetric Care (EmOC). Materials and Me...

Health status and risk indicator trends of the aging US health care workforce.

OBJECTIVES To describe the health status and risk indicator trends in a representative sample of US health care workers aged 45 years and older. METHODS Using pooled data from the 1997 to 2009 National Health Interview Survey, logistic regression analyses were performed to determine whether age-group specific morbidity risks differed within occupational subgroups of the health care workforce ...

Policy brief: North Dakota Health Care Workforce: planning together to meet future health care needs.