Title |
Measuring inequalities in the distribution of health workers: the case of Tanzania
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Published in |
Human Resources for Health, January 2009
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DOI | 10.1186/1478-4491-7-4 |
Pubmed ID | |
Authors |
Michael A Munga, Ottar Mæstad |
Abstract |
The overall human resource shortages and the distributional inequalities in the health workforce in many developing countries are well acknowledged. However, little has been done to measure the degree of inequality systematically. Moreover, few attempts have been made to analyse the implications of using alternative measures of health care needs in the measurement of health workforce distributional inequalities. Most studies have implicitly relied on population levels as the only criterion for measuring health care needs. This paper attempts to achieve two objectives. First, it describes and measures health worker distributional inequalities in Tanzania on a per capita basis; second, it suggests and applies additional health care needs indicators in the measurement of distributional inequalities. |
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Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
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United States | 1 | 50% |
Unknown | 1 | 50% |
Demographic breakdown
Type | Count | As % |
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Members of the public | 2 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
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Tanzania, United Republic of | 3 | 1% |
Switzerland | 1 | <1% |
Netherlands | 1 | <1% |
Brazil | 1 | <1% |
South Africa | 1 | <1% |
India | 1 | <1% |
United Kingdom | 1 | <1% |
Canada | 1 | <1% |
New Zealand | 1 | <1% |
Other | 2 | <1% |
Unknown | 210 | 94% |
Demographic breakdown
Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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Student > Master | 45 | 20% |
Student > Ph. D. Student | 30 | 13% |
Researcher | 24 | 11% |
Student > Bachelor | 18 | 8% |
Student > Postgraduate | 16 | 7% |
Other | 58 | 26% |
Unknown | 32 | 14% |
Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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Medicine and Dentistry | 82 | 37% |
Social Sciences | 33 | 15% |
Nursing and Health Professions | 20 | 9% |
Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 10 | 4% |
Business, Management and Accounting | 9 | 4% |
Other | 28 | 13% |
Unknown | 41 | 18% |