Costs and effects of new professional roles: Evidence from a literature review

A. Tsiachristas, I. Wallenburg, C.M. Bond, R.F. Elliot, R. Busse, Job van Exel, M.P. Rutten-van Mölken and A. de Bont

Health Policy, 2015, vol. 119, issue 9, 1176-1187

Abstract: One way in which governments are seeking to improve the efficiency of the health care sector is by redesigning health services to contain labour costs. The aim of this study was to investigate the impact of new professional roles on a wide range of health service outcomes and costs.

Keywords: New professional roles; Skill-mix; Health service redesign; Costs; Effects; Impact (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2015.04.001

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