Measuring Health Workforce Productivity : Application of a Simple Methodology in Ghana

In this report the authors apply a very simple analytic method to measure workforce productivity in the health sector at the district level in Ghana. The authors then describe how the productivity analysis can be potentially used to inform staffing...

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Main Authors:	Vujicic, Marko, Addai, Eddie, Bosomprah, Samuel
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2013
Subjects:	ADEQUATE HEALTH CARE ANTENATAL CARE ARCHITECTURE AVAILABILITY OF DATA BURDEN OF DISEASE CENTER FOR HEALTH CHILD HEALTH CLINICS COMMUNITY HEALTH DATABASE ARCHITECTURE DEMAND FOR SERVICES DISTRICTS DOCTORS DRUGS E-MAIL FAMILY PLANNING FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT FINANCIAL RESOURCES FOCUS GROUP DISCUSSIONS HEALTH CARE HEALTH CARE SERVICE DELIVERY HEALTH CARE SERVICES HEALTH CARE SYSTEM HEALTH CENTRES HEALTH ECONOMICS HEALTH EXPENDITURE HEALTH FACILITIES HEALTH INFORMATION HEALTH INFORMATION SYSTEM HEALTH INFRASTRUCTURE HEALTH INTERVENTIONS HEALTH ORGANIZATION HEALTH POLICY HEALTH SECTOR HEALTH SERVICE HEALTH SERVICE PROVISION HEALTH SERVICES HEALTH STRATEGY HEALTH SYSTEM HEALTH WORKERS HEALTH WORKFORCE HOSPITAL HOSPITAL BEDS HOSPITAL SERVICES HOSPITALS HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUMAN RESOURCE HUMAN RESOURCES HYGIENE IMMUNIZATION IMMUNIZATIONS INCOME INDUCED DEMAND INFANT INFANT MORTALITY INFANTS LOW BIRTH WEIGHT MALARIA MATERIAL MEDICAL EQUIPMENT MINISTRY OF HEALTH MISSING DATA MORBIDITY MORTALITY NURSE NURSES NURSING NUTRITION OCCUPATIONS OUTPATIENT SERVICES PATIENT PATIENTS PEDIATRICS PHARMACY PHYSICIAN POLICY DECISIONS POLICY MAKERS POPULATION DENSITY POPULATION DISCUSSION PRODUCTION PROCESS PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES QUALITY OF CARE QUALITY OF SERVICES RELIABILITY RESOURCE ALLOCATION RESOURCE REQUIREMENTS RESPECT RESULT RESULTS SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS SUPPORT STAFF SURGERY TELEPHONE WORKERS WORKFORCE PRODUCTIVITY WORKING HOURS WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2009/08/11006434/measuring-health-workforce-productivity-application-simple-methodology-ghana http://hdl.handle.net/10986/13735

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spelling	okr-10986-137352021-04-23T14:03:09Z Measuring Health Workforce Productivity : Application of a Simple Methodology in Ghana Vujicic, Marko Addai, Eddie Bosomprah, Samuel ADEQUATE HEALTH CARE ANTENATAL CARE ARCHITECTURE AVAILABILITY OF DATA BURDEN OF DISEASE CENTER FOR HEALTH CHILD HEALTH CLINICS COMMUNITY HEALTH DATABASE ARCHITECTURE DEMAND FOR SERVICES DISTRICTS DOCTORS DRUGS E-MAIL FAMILY PLANNING FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT FINANCIAL RESOURCES FOCUS GROUP DISCUSSIONS HEALTH CARE HEALTH CARE SERVICE DELIVERY HEALTH CARE SERVICES HEALTH CARE SYSTEM HEALTH CENTRES HEALTH ECONOMICS HEALTH EXPENDITURE HEALTH FACILITIES HEALTH INFORMATION HEALTH INFORMATION SYSTEM HEALTH INFRASTRUCTURE HEALTH INTERVENTIONS HEALTH ORGANIZATION HEALTH POLICY HEALTH SECTOR HEALTH SERVICE HEALTH SERVICE PROVISION HEALTH SERVICES HEALTH STRATEGY HEALTH SYSTEM HEALTH WORKERS HEALTH WORKFORCE HOSPITAL HOSPITAL BEDS HOSPITAL SERVICES HOSPITALS HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUMAN RESOURCE HUMAN RESOURCES HYGIENE IMMUNIZATION IMMUNIZATIONS INCOME INDUCED DEMAND INFANT INFANT MORTALITY INFANTS LOW BIRTH WEIGHT MALARIA MATERIAL MEDICAL EQUIPMENT MINISTRY OF HEALTH MISSING DATA MORBIDITY MORTALITY NURSE NURSES NURSING NUTRITION OCCUPATIONS OUTPATIENT SERVICES PATIENT PATIENTS PEDIATRICS PHARMACY PHYSICIAN POLICY DECISIONS POLICY MAKERS POPULATION DENSITY POPULATION DISCUSSION PRODUCTION PROCESS PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES QUALITY OF CARE QUALITY OF SERVICES RELIABILITY RESOURCE ALLOCATION RESOURCE REQUIREMENTS RESPECT RESULT RESULTS SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS SUPPORT STAFF SURGERY TELEPHONE WORKERS WORKFORCE PRODUCTIVITY WORKING HOURS WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION In this report the authors apply a very simple analytic method to measure workforce productivity in the health sector at the district level in Ghana. The authors then describe how the productivity analysis can be potentially used to inform staffing decisions. Specifically, in this paper the authors: (i) develop an aggregate measure of workforce productivity that can be monitored regularly at the district level in Ghana and could be applied in other data constrained settings (ii) explore factors that are correlated with workforce productivity at the district level (iii) examine trends in workforce productivity over time; and (iv) provide recommendations on further work, particularly on improvements in data collection. 2013-06-04T19:35:17Z 2013-06-04T19:35:17Z 2009-08 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2009/08/11006434/measuring-health-workforce-productivity-application-simple-methodology-ghana http://hdl.handle.net/10986/13735 English en_US Health, Nutrition and Population (HNP) discussion paper; CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Working Paper Publications & Research Africa Ghana
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topic	ADEQUATE HEALTH CARE ANTENATAL CARE ARCHITECTURE AVAILABILITY OF DATA BURDEN OF DISEASE CENTER FOR HEALTH CHILD HEALTH CLINICS COMMUNITY HEALTH DATABASE ARCHITECTURE DEMAND FOR SERVICES DISTRICTS DOCTORS DRUGS E-MAIL FAMILY PLANNING FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT FINANCIAL RESOURCES FOCUS GROUP DISCUSSIONS HEALTH CARE HEALTH CARE SERVICE DELIVERY HEALTH CARE SERVICES HEALTH CARE SYSTEM HEALTH CENTRES HEALTH ECONOMICS HEALTH EXPENDITURE HEALTH FACILITIES HEALTH INFORMATION HEALTH INFORMATION SYSTEM HEALTH INFRASTRUCTURE HEALTH INTERVENTIONS HEALTH ORGANIZATION HEALTH POLICY HEALTH SECTOR HEALTH SERVICE HEALTH SERVICE PROVISION HEALTH SERVICES HEALTH STRATEGY HEALTH SYSTEM HEALTH WORKERS HEALTH WORKFORCE HOSPITAL HOSPITAL BEDS HOSPITAL SERVICES HOSPITALS HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUMAN RESOURCE HUMAN RESOURCES HYGIENE IMMUNIZATION IMMUNIZATIONS INCOME INDUCED DEMAND INFANT INFANT MORTALITY INFANTS LOW BIRTH WEIGHT MALARIA MATERIAL MEDICAL EQUIPMENT MINISTRY OF HEALTH MISSING DATA MORBIDITY MORTALITY NURSE NURSES NURSING NUTRITION OCCUPATIONS OUTPATIENT SERVICES PATIENT PATIENTS PEDIATRICS PHARMACY PHYSICIAN POLICY DECISIONS POLICY MAKERS POPULATION DENSITY POPULATION DISCUSSION PRODUCTION PROCESS PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES QUALITY OF CARE QUALITY OF SERVICES RELIABILITY RESOURCE ALLOCATION RESOURCE REQUIREMENTS RESPECT RESULT RESULTS SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS SUPPORT STAFF SURGERY TELEPHONE WORKERS WORKFORCE PRODUCTIVITY WORKING HOURS WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION
spellingShingle	ADEQUATE HEALTH CARE ANTENATAL CARE ARCHITECTURE AVAILABILITY OF DATA BURDEN OF DISEASE CENTER FOR HEALTH CHILD HEALTH CLINICS COMMUNITY HEALTH DATABASE ARCHITECTURE DEMAND FOR SERVICES DISTRICTS DOCTORS DRUGS E-MAIL FAMILY PLANNING FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT FINANCIAL RESOURCES FOCUS GROUP DISCUSSIONS HEALTH CARE HEALTH CARE SERVICE DELIVERY HEALTH CARE SERVICES HEALTH CARE SYSTEM HEALTH CENTRES HEALTH ECONOMICS HEALTH EXPENDITURE HEALTH FACILITIES HEALTH INFORMATION HEALTH INFORMATION SYSTEM HEALTH INFRASTRUCTURE HEALTH INTERVENTIONS HEALTH ORGANIZATION HEALTH POLICY HEALTH SECTOR HEALTH SERVICE HEALTH SERVICE PROVISION HEALTH SERVICES HEALTH STRATEGY HEALTH SYSTEM HEALTH WORKERS HEALTH WORKFORCE HOSPITAL HOSPITAL BEDS HOSPITAL SERVICES HOSPITALS HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUMAN RESOURCE HUMAN RESOURCES HYGIENE IMMUNIZATION IMMUNIZATIONS INCOME INDUCED DEMAND INFANT INFANT MORTALITY INFANTS LOW BIRTH WEIGHT MALARIA MATERIAL MEDICAL EQUIPMENT MINISTRY OF HEALTH MISSING DATA MORBIDITY MORTALITY NURSE NURSES NURSING NUTRITION OCCUPATIONS OUTPATIENT SERVICES PATIENT PATIENTS PEDIATRICS PHARMACY PHYSICIAN POLICY DECISIONS POLICY MAKERS POPULATION DENSITY POPULATION DISCUSSION PRODUCTION PROCESS PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES QUALITY OF CARE QUALITY OF SERVICES RELIABILITY RESOURCE ALLOCATION RESOURCE REQUIREMENTS RESPECT RESULT RESULTS SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS SUPPORT STAFF SURGERY TELEPHONE WORKERS WORKFORCE PRODUCTIVITY WORKING HOURS WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION Vujicic, Marko Addai, Eddie Bosomprah, Samuel Measuring Health Workforce Productivity : Application of a Simple Methodology in Ghana
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relation	Health, Nutrition and Population (HNP) discussion paper;
description	In this report the authors apply a very simple analytic method to measure workforce productivity in the health sector at the district level in Ghana. The authors then describe how the productivity analysis can be potentially used to inform staffing decisions. Specifically, in this paper the authors: (i) develop an aggregate measure of workforce productivity that can be monitored regularly at the district level in Ghana and could be applied in other data constrained settings (ii) explore factors that are correlated with workforce productivity at the district level (iii) examine trends in workforce productivity over time; and (iv) provide recommendations on further work, particularly on improvements in data collection.
format	Publications & Research :: Working Paper
author	Vujicic, Marko Addai, Eddie Bosomprah, Samuel
author_facet	Vujicic, Marko Addai, Eddie Bosomprah, Samuel
author_sort	Vujicic, Marko
title	Measuring Health Workforce Productivity : Application of a Simple Methodology in Ghana
title_short	Measuring Health Workforce Productivity : Application of a Simple Methodology in Ghana
title_full	Measuring Health Workforce Productivity : Application of a Simple Methodology in Ghana
title_fullStr	Measuring Health Workforce Productivity : Application of a Simple Methodology in Ghana
title_full_unstemmed	Measuring Health Workforce Productivity : Application of a Simple Methodology in Ghana
title_sort	measuring health workforce productivity : application of a simple methodology in ghana
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2013
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2009/08/11006434/measuring-health-workforce-productivity-application-simple-methodology-ghana http://hdl.handle.net/10986/13735
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Measuring Health Workforce Productivity : Application of a Simple Methodology in Ghana

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