Lao PDR Health Center Workforce Survey : Findings from a Nationally-Representative Health Center and Health Center Worker Survey
While on-track for child health and maternal health MDGs, Lao PDR continues to have some of the worst maternal and child health (MCH) outcomes, both globally and in the East Asia and Pacific (EAP) region. Under-five and infant mortality rates are h...
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okr-10986-249442021-06-14T10:17:48Z Lao PDR Health Center Workforce Survey : Findings from a Nationally-Representative Health Center and Health Center Worker Survey World Bank Group health workforce health centers While on-track for child health and maternal health MDGs, Lao PDR continues to have some of the worst maternal and child health (MCH) outcomes, both globally and in the East Asia and Pacific (EAP) region. Under-five and infant mortality rates are high relative to GDP per capita, and utilization of essential health services is low, given significant demand-side barriers including physical access, cultural, and financial barriers. Furthermore, about a third of all children under-five remain underweight and almost half are stunted. Lao PDR is hence off-track on the nutrition-related MDG. In addition to poor aggregate measures, there are significant economic, urban rural, geographic, and ethnic group-related inequalities in health and nutrition outcomes. This policy note provides a snapshot of human resources for health (HRH) in health centers in the Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Lao PDR) based on an analysis of a health facility survey (the UFGE-CNP health center survey) that collected information from a nationally-representative sample of 120 public health centers (HCs) from 2013 to 2014. This survey was conducted as a baseline for health sector reform plans, to inform policymaking as Lao PDR scales-up programs to attain health-related MDGs, expand basic health services, and attain universal health coverage (UHC). This note complements a related health financing note which includes health center financing data from the same survey. Key findings from that note include low government health spending, associated with a high reliance on out-of-pocket (OOP) spending and external financing, which translates to underfunding of HCs (especially non-wage recurrent expenditure) and dependence on OOP revenue from revolving drug funds (RDFs). 2016-08-25T19:26:34Z 2016-08-25T19:26:34Z 2016-05-01 Report http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/07/26611675/lao-pdr-health-center-workforce-survey-findings-nationally-representative-health-center-health-center-worker-survey http://hdl.handle.net/10986/24944 English en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Vientiane Economic & Sector Work Economic & Sector Work :: Other Health Study East Asia and Pacific Lao People's Democratic Republic |
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While on-track for child health and
maternal health MDGs, Lao PDR continues to have some of the
worst maternal and child health (MCH) outcomes, both
globally and in the East Asia and Pacific (EAP) region.
Under-five and infant mortality rates are high relative to
GDP per capita, and utilization of essential health services
is low, given significant demand-side barriers including
physical access, cultural, and financial barriers.
Furthermore, about a third of all children under-five remain
underweight and almost half are stunted. Lao PDR is hence
off-track on the nutrition-related MDG. In addition to poor
aggregate measures, there are significant economic, urban
rural, geographic, and ethnic group-related inequalities in
health and nutrition outcomes. This policy note provides a
snapshot of human resources for health (HRH) in health
centers in the Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Lao PDR)
based on an analysis of a health facility survey (the
UFGE-CNP health center survey) that collected information
from a nationally-representative sample of 120 public health
centers (HCs) from 2013 to 2014. This survey was conducted
as a baseline for health sector reform plans, to inform
policymaking as Lao PDR scales-up programs to attain
health-related MDGs, expand basic health services, and
attain universal health coverage (UHC). This note
complements a related health financing note which includes
health center financing data from the same survey. Key
findings from that note include low government health
spending, associated with a high reliance on out-of-pocket
(OOP) spending and external financing, which translates to
underfunding of HCs (especially non-wage recurrent
expenditure) and dependence on OOP revenue from revolving
drug funds (RDFs). |
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Lao PDR Health Center Workforce Survey : Findings from a Nationally-Representative Health Center and Health Center Worker Survey |
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Lao PDR Health Center Workforce Survey : Findings from a Nationally-Representative Health Center and Health Center Worker Survey |
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Lao PDR Health Center Workforce Survey : Findings from a Nationally-Representative Health Center and Health Center Worker Survey |
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Lao PDR Health Center Workforce Survey : Findings from a Nationally-Representative Health Center and Health Center Worker Survey |
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Lao PDR Health Center Workforce Survey : Findings from a Nationally-Representative Health Center and Health Center Worker Survey |
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lao pdr health center workforce survey : findings from a nationally-representative health center and health center worker survey |
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World Bank, Vientiane |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/07/26611675/lao-pdr-health-center-workforce-survey-findings-nationally-representative-health-center-health-center-worker-survey http://hdl.handle.net/10986/24944 |
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