Health workforce needs in Malawi: analysis of the Thanzi La Onse integrated epidemiological model of care.

ABSTRACT:

Background

To make the best use of health resources, it is crucial to understand the healthcare needs of a population-including how needs will evolve and respond to changing epidemiological context and patient behaviour-and how this compares to the capabilities to deliver healthcare with the existing workforce. Existing approaches to planning either rely on using observed healthcare demand from a fixed historical period or using models to estimate healthcare needs within a narrow domain (e.g., a specific disease area or health programme). A new data-grounded modelling method is proposed by which healthcare needs and the capabilities of the healthcare workforce can be compared and analysed under a range of scenarios: in particular, when there is much greater propensity for healthcar

SUBMITTER: She B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11437829 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature