A needs-based methodology to project physicians and nurses to 2030: the case of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), as part of its 2030 National Transformation Program, set a goal of transforming the healthcare sector to increase access to, and improve the quality and efficiency of, health services. To assist with the workforce planning component, we projected the needed number of physicians and nurses into 2030. We developed a new needs-based methodology since previous global benchmarks of health worker concentration may not apply to the KSA.

Methods

We constructed an epidemiologic "needs-based" model that takes into account the health needs of the KSA population, cost-effective treatment service delivery models, and worker productivity. This model relied heavily on up-to-date epidemiologic and workforce surveys in the KSA. We used demographi

SUBMITTER: Gailey S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8072319 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature