The healthcare workforce
The physicians, nurses, and other professionals who provide direct patient care are vital to the success of the health care systems within which they operate. Accordingly, policymakers around the world are deeply concerned about such issues as whether they have enough professionals, whether they are being adequately trained and their skills used to the fullest, and whether they are appropriately distributed between and within countries. This article collection explores how these and related issues are playing out, both in Israel and internationally.
Collection published: 25 February 2013
Last updated: 21 May 2013
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Israeli medical students' perceptions of six key medical specialties
Charles Weissman, Howard Tandeter, Rachel Yaffa Zisk-Rony, Yoram G Weiss, Uriel Elchalal, Alex Avidan, Josh E Schroeder Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2013, 2:19 (21 May 2013)
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Many students perceive pediatrics and family medicine as allowing for a reasonable amount of family time and a controllable lifestyle, while very few feel that way about anesthesiology and general surgery.
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Choosing a medical specialty: the difference between what students want and what society needs
David M Mirvis Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2013, 2:18 (21 May 2013)
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Health system leaders can, and should, take practical steps to encourage medical students to pursue specialties facing physician shortages.
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Models of professional regulation: institutionalizing an agency relationship
Carolyn Hughes Tuohy Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2013, 2:10 (27 March 2013)
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We need to look beyond the health care system to the broader political economy for explanations of the differences among countries in how health care professionals are regulated.
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Regulatory tasks of national medical associations - international comparison and the Israeli case
Malke Borow, Baruch Levi, Michelle Glekin Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2013, 2:8 (20 February 2013)
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In Continental Europe and in Israel there is a good deal of co-operation between the national medical association and the government regarding physician regulation.
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Physician job satisfaction as a public health issue
Richard L Kravitz Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2012, 1:51 (14 December 2012)
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Practitioners in small, acute care subspecialties, such as neonatology, are particularly vulnerable to workload pressures. Health system leaders need to develop innovative solutions that fit the local landscape. |
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Work satisfaction, quality of life, and leisure time of neonatology fellows and senior neonatologists in Israel
Michael Moshe, Zvi H Perry, Liat Salzer, Ehud Zemora, Asaf Toker Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2012, 1:50 (14 December 2012)
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Israeli neonatologists are very satisfied with their work but unhappy about the toll it takes on their leisure time.
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A first step in determining appropriate amounts of obstetric anesthesia work
Swarup S Varaday, Barbara L Leighton Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2012, 1:49 (14 December 2012)
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Ginosar and colleagues' new index is an important step forward, but further work is needed to fully capture the diverse case mix.
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Comparison of the obstetric anesthesia activity index with total delivery numbers as a single denominator of workload demand in Israeli maternity units
Yehuda Ginosar, Alex Ioscovich, Charles Weissman, Ronit Calderon-Margalit, Carolyn F Weiniger Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2012, 1:48 (14 December 2012)
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This innovative new index is the first to capture differences across hospitals in the rates of epidural labor analgesia and cesarean delivery.
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Planning and managing the physician workforce
Stephen C Schoenbaum Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2012, 1:14 (12 March 2012)
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Medical specialty considerations by medical students early in their clinical experience
Charles Weissman, Rachel Zisk-Rony, Josh E Schroeder, Yoram G Weiss, Alex Avidan, Uriel Elchalal, Howard Tandeter Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2012, 1:13 (12 March 2012)
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Israeli medical students take a long-range view when choosing a specialty.
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Israeli registered nurse workforce
Greer Glazer Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2012, 1:12 (12 March 2012)
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Registered nurses in Israel - workforce employment characteristics and projected supply
Nurit Nirel, Shoshana Riba, Sima Reicher, Orly Toren Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2012, 1:11 (12 March 2012)
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The number of RNs per 1,000 population is projected to drop by half over twenty years - from 4 in 2008 to 2 in 2028.
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