A call for action to establish a research agenda for building a future health workforce in Europe

Authors: Kuhlmann E, Batenburg R, Wismar M, Dussault G, Maier CB, Glinos IA, Azzopardi-Muscat N, Bond C, Burau V, Correia T, Groenewegen PP, Hansen J, Hunter DJ, Khan U, Kluge HH, Kroezen M, Leone C, Santric-Milicevic M, Sermeus W, Ungureanu M
Publication Year: 2018
Journal: Health Research Policy and Systems
Link: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29925432

The importance of a sustainable health workforce is increasingly recognised. However, the building of a future health workforce that is responsive to diverse population needs and demographic and economic change remains insufficiently understood. There is a compelling argument to be made for a comprehensive research agenda to address the questions. With a focus on Europe […]
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The impact of the financial crisis on human resources for health policies in three southern-Europe countries

Authors: Correia T, Dussault G, Pontes C
Publication Year: 2015
Journal: Health Policy
Link: http://www.healthpolicyjrnl.com/article/S0168-8510(15)00196-7/fulltext

The public health sector has been the target of austerity measures since the global financial crisis started in 2008, while health workforce costs have been a source of rapid savings in most European Union countries. This article aims to explore how health workforce policies have evolved in three southern European countries under external constraints imposed by emergency financial programmes […]
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The effects of austerity measures on quality of healthcare services: A national survey of physicians in the public and private sectors in Portugal

Authors: Carapinheiro G, Carvalho H, Correia T, Dussault G, Silva JM
Publication Year: 2017
Journal: Human Resources for Health
Link: https://human-resources-health.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12960-017-0256-6

Background The European Union member countries reacted differently to the 2008 economic and financial crisis. However, few countries have monitored the outcomes of their policy responses, and there is therefore little evidence as to whether or not savings undermined the performance of health systems. We discuss the situation in Portugal, where a financial adjustment program […]
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A call for action to establish a research agenda for building a future health workforce in Europe

The impact of the financial crisis on human resources for health policies in three southern-Europe countries

The effects of austerity measures on quality of healthcare services: A national survey of physicians in the public and private sectors in Portugal

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