Determining skill mix in the health workforce: guidelines for managers and health professionals
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Determining Skill Mix: Practical Guidelines for Managers and Health Professionals
This paper provides practical guidelines for managers and health professionals looking to skill mix as a potential solution to health service delivery problems. These guidelines emphasise the need to evaluate the problem, and examine the context, before deciding if skill mix is the answer. The guidelines are provided in the knowledge that skill mix is rarely examined in a “pure” theoretical sen...
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