Health sector employment growth calls for improvements in labor productivity

Maria M. Hofmarcher, Eva Festl and Leslie Bishop-Tarver

Health Policy, 2016, vol. 120, issue 8, 894-902

Abstract: While rising costs of healthcare have put increased fiscal pressure on public finance, job growth in the health sector has had a stabilizing force on overall employment levels – not least in times of economic crises.

Keywords: Health workforce; Productivity; Delivery models (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2016.06.001

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