A comparison of data sources and models to project HRH needs in India: lessons from the universal health coverage planning process
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Introduction The path to universal health care in India requires concurrently addressing several human resource issues and is thus an opportunity to bring about much needed reforms in the health workforce. A key component of these reforms is systemic knowledge generation around what human resources for health (HRH) capacity currently exists in the country and what future needs may be projected to achieve universal health coverage. A lack of uniform sources of data has resulted in the use of diverse sources, which presents its own challenges in the planning process.
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