Hospital & Healthcare Management May 26, 2022
According to a study conducted by the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) at the University of Washington School of Medicine, more than 43 million extra health workers are required to reach global targets for universal health coverage. Director of Health Systems at IHME, Dr. Rafael Lozano, remarked that these are the most thorough estimates of the worldwide health care workforce to date. Healthcare personnel are critical to the success of healthcare systems, and it’s vital to have these statistics so that governments can make critical choices and plan for the long term.
The researchers examined physician, nurse, and midwife shortages; dental personnel shortages; and pharmaceutical personnel shortages. In 2019, they predicted that far more than 130 countries...
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