Characterising support and care assistants in formal hospital settings: a scoping review

• Main Authors: Vincent A. Kagonya (Author), Onesmus O. Onyango (Author), Michuki Maina (Author), David Gathara (Author), Mike English (Author), Abdulazeez Imam (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2023-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background A 15 million health workforce shortage is still experienced globally leading to a sub-optimal healthcare worker-to-population ratio in most countries. The use of low-skilled care assistants has been suggested as a cost-saving human resource for health strategy that can significan...