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ArticleHealthcare policy = Politiques de sante2017

An Integrated Needs-Based Approach to Health Service and Health Workforce Planning: Applications for Pandemic Influenza.

Gail Tomblin Murphy, Stephen Birch, Adrian Mackenzie, Janet Rigby, Joanne Langley

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Article in Healthcare policy = Politiques de sante, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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5 authors.

Gail Tomblin MurphyProfessor and Director, WHO/PAHO Collaborating Centre on Health Workforce Planning & Research, School of Nursing, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS.
Stephen BirchProfessor, Centre for Health Economics and Policy Analysis, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON.
Adrian MackenzieDoctoral Trainee, WHO/PAHO Collaborating Centre on Health Workforce Planning & Research, School of Nursing, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS.
Janet RigbyResearch Officer, WHO/PAHO Collaborating Centre on Health Workforce Planning & Research, School of Nursing, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS.
Joanne LangleyProfessor, Departments of Pediatrics and Community Health and Epidemiology, Dalhousie University and IWK Health Centre, Halifax, NS.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Healthcare systems must be responsive to the healthcare needs of the populations they serve. However, typically neither health services nor health workforce planning account for populations' needs for care, resulting in substantial and unnecessary unmet needs. These are further exacerbated during unexpected surges in need, such as pandemics or natural disasters. To illustrate the potential of improved methods to help planning for these types of events, we applied an integrated, needs-based approach to health service and workforce planning in the context of a potential influenza pandemic at the provincial level in Canada. This application provides evidence on the province's capacity to respond to surges in need for healthcare and identifies specific services which may be in short supply in such scenarios. This type of approach can be implemented by planners to address a variety of health issues in different contexts.

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Delivery of Health Care, IntegratedHealth Services Needs and DemandPandemicsCanadaHealth PlanningHealth Services AdministrationHealth WorkforceHumansInfluenza, Human

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PMID28906234
PMCPMC5595212

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