Health Worker Salaries and Benefits: Lessons from Bolivia, Peru and Chile


 
Language:

English

Authors:

Urcullo G, Von Vacano J, Ricse C, Cid C

Publisher:

World Health Organization

Pages:

89

Description:

The most common problems related to Health Workers Salaries and Benefits (HWSB) in Bolivia, Peru and Chile are shortage of health workers, disparity of skills, poor distribution of health workers, inadequate working environments and low knowledge about the characteristic of HWSB. This report collects data about these countries, showing that the wages of doctors during the last fifteen years have generally had to increase more than the wages of other workers. [adapted from executive summary]

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Geographic Focus

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