Health workforce trends and planning in Morocco: a READ-based systematic document analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Morocco faces persistent shortages and unequal distribution of health workers, limiting progress toward universal health coverage and global targets. This study analyzed official data to describe Morocco's health workforce and training pipeline, compare them with international benchmarks, and identify priority gaps for policy. A READ-based document analysis was applied to national strategies, statistical yearbooks, and planning reports from the Ministries of Health and Higher Education, with structured selection, extraction, and validation to ensure systematic synthesis.

Results

In 2023, Morocco had 0.80 physicians and 1.03 nurses or midwives per 1000 population, below reference values of 1.72 and 4.5. Between 2000 and 2023, physician density nearly doubled, and nu

SUBMITTER: Al Hassani W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12777332 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature