Skill Mix in the Health Care Workforce: Reviewing the Evidence
Language:
English
Series/Journal Title:
Bulletin of the World Health Organization
Volume:
80
Issue:
7
Copyright:
2002
Pages:
6
Description:
This paper discusses the reasons for skill mix among health workers being important for health systems. It examines the evidence base, identifies its limitations, summarizes the main findings from a literature review, and highlights the evidence on skill mix that is available to inform health system. Evidence on the doctor/nurse overlap indicates that there is unrealized scope in many systems for extending the use of nursing staff. The effectiveness of different skill mixes across other groups of health workers and professions, and the associated issue of developing new roles remain relatively unexplored.
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