The looming crisis of the health workforce: How can OECD countries respond?
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD, 2008)
Website: www.oecd.org/health/workforce.
Introduction: http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/25/15/41509236.pdf
Table of content: http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/25/14/41509461.pdf
“…..OECD countries face a challenge in responding to the growing demand for doctors and nurses over the next 20 years. This challenge arises in a world which is already characterised by significant international migration of health workers, both across OECD countries and between some developing countries and the OECD area.
What combination of human-resource management policies and migration policies is adopted by OECD countries? How do migration and other health workforce policies interact with each other? How can destination countries build a sustainable health workforce? What are the consequences of emigration of doctors and nurses for origin countries?
Drawing from selected OECD countries' experience, the study also provides for selected countries (
All case studies are available through these following links:
Canada: http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/7/59/41590427.pdf
France http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/13/10/41437407.pdf
Italy http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/34/10/41431698.pdf
WHO-OECD hosted dialogue on migration and other health workforce issues in a global economy
The World Health Organization (WHO) and the Organization for Economic Development (OECD) collaborated in the organization of the conference, "WHO-OECD Hosted Dialogue on Migration and other Health Workforce issues in a Global Economy".
Objectives:
- to identify priority areas for future research at international level;
- to strengthen international collaboration on international health worker migration, including mechanisms for monitoring flows & stocks of health professional migrants;
- to stimulate actions in participating countries along the lines of the options discussed during the Dialogue.
Presentations
Listed according to the agenda.
The EU health professional workforce [pdf 46kb]
Dr Andrzej J. Rys, Director, Public Health and Risk Assessment, Directorate-General for Health and Consumers, European Commission,
Human resources for health development and the renewal of primary health care [pdf 152kb]
Dr Manuel M. Dayrit, Director, Department of Human Resources for Health, WHO,
Introductory remarks: Joint WHO-OECD project "Health workforce and international migration" [pdf 324kb]
Mr Peter Scherer, Head, Health Division, OECD,
Domestic training and international recruitment of health workers [pdf 2.05Mb]
Mr Jean-Christophe Dumont, Principal Administrator, Directorate for Employment, Labour and Social Affairs, OECD, Paris, France
Retention of health workers with a focus on rural areas [pdf 323kb]
Dr Pascal Zurn, Health Economist, Human Resources for Health, WHO,
Management des resources humaines de la santé (in French) [pdf 29kb]
Ms Laurence Codjia, Human Resources for Health Specialist,
Closing remarks [pdf 423kb]
Dr Kaspar Wyss, Project Leader SPMU, Swiss Tropical Institute,
Retaining the health workforce: challenges for low income countries [pdf 233kb]
Mr Peter Scherer, Head, Health Division, OECD,
Costs of eliminating critical shortages in human resources for health [pdf 118kb]
Dr Tessa Tan Torres-Edejer, Coordinator CEP, Health Systems Financing, WHO,
Financing and managing the health workforce in the public sector [pdf 368kb]
Mr Marko Vujicic, Health Economist, Human Development Network and Ms Susan Sparkes, Junior Professional Associate, The World Bank, Washington, D.C., United States of America
Malawi's emergency human resources programme - an overview [pdf 194kb]
Mr Matt Gordon, (Former) Health and HIV/AIDS Adviser DFID
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