The health workforce in Latin America and the Caribbean : an analysis of Colombia, Costa Rica, Jamaica, Panama, Peru, and Uruguay / Carmen Carpio and Natalia Santiago Bench
The global health workplace -- Health sector overview in the six focus countries -- Financing of the health workforce -- Organization of the health workforce -- Management of the health workforce -- Regulation of the health workforce -- Performance of the health workforce
Summary
This report provides a status update on the human resources for health (HRH) sub-system in six Latin American and Caribbean countries: Colombia, Costa Rica, Jamaica, Panama, Peru, and Uruguay. The report structures its discussion around how the health workforce is financed, organized, managed, regulated, and performing. In the area of financing, the study presents the variety of contracting mechanisms, salary levels, and financial incentives offered across the countries and their role in being able to attract and retain health workers. On the organization of the HRH sub-system, the report look
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Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on July 31, 2015)