Estimates of the global workforce required for providing assistive technology: a modeling study.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Despite being a fundamental human right, access to assistive products varies between 3% and 90% across countries. Ensuring adequate and trained human resources is a prerequisite for improving access to assistive products. To support workforce planning and development, this study estimated the global workforce required for assistive technology provision to achieve a high level of access.

Method

This modeling study used estimates of the primary workforce for assistive technology provision and assistive product needs in a country with a high level of access and global assistive product needs, to predict the global workforce required to provide assistive technology in five product domains: cognition and communication, hearing, mobility and self-care, orthotics and p

SUBMITTER: Rosberg Petersson J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12279701 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature