Physician density planning in a public healthcare system: Complexities, threats and opportunities—The case of the Israeli healthcare system

Ronni Gamzu, Nir Kaidar, Arnon Afek and Tuvia Horev

Health Policy, 2016, vol. 120, issue 8, 920-927

Abstract: Human-resource planning in healthcare is one of the most significant challenges that healthcare systems worldwide face. Among all healthcare professions, the planning of physician supply is the most complex of all due to physicians’ lengthy training and many specialties.

Keywords: Workforce issues; Physicians; Human resources (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2016.07.002

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