Health workforce demography: a framework to improve understanding of the health workforce and support achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals

• Main Authors: Sylvia Szabo (Author), Andrea Nove (Author), Zoë Matthews (Author), Ashish Bajracharya (Author), Ibadat Dhillon (Author), Devendra Raj Singh (Author), Aurora Saares (Author), James Campbell (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract The ambition of universal health coverage entails estimation of the number, type and distribution of health workers required to meet the population need for health services. The demography of the population, including anticipated or estimated changes, is a factor in determining the 'un...