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Composition and distribution of the health workforce in India: estimates based on data from the National Sample Survey / Krishna D Rao;Renu Shahrawat;Aarushi Bhatnagar

Tác giả : Krishna D Rao;Renu Shahrawat;Aarushi Bhatnagar

Nhà xuất bản : World Health Organization. Regional Office for South-East Asia

Năm xuất bản : 2016

Chủ đề : 1. health workers in India. 2. health workforce. 3. health-worker distribution. 4. human resources for health. 5. Journal / periodical articles.

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Background: The availability of reliable and comprehensive information on thehealth workforce is crucial for workforce planning. In India, routine informationsources on the health workforce are incomplete and unreliable. This paperaddresses this issue and provides a comprehensive picture of India’s healthworkforce.Methods: Data from the 68th round (July 2011 to June 2012) of the NationalSample Survey on the Employment and unemployment situation in India wereanalysed to produce estimates of the health workforce in India. The estimateswere based on self-reported occupations, categorized using a combination of bothNational Classification of Occupations (2004) and National Industrial Classification(2008) codes.Results: Findings suggest that in 2011–2012, there were 2.5 million healthworkers (density of 20.9 workers per 10 000 population) in India. However, 56.4%of all health workers were unqualified, including 42.3% of allopathic doctors,27.5% of dentists, 56.1% of Ayurveda, yoga and naturopathy, Unani, Siddha andhomoeopathy (AYUSH) practitioners, 58.4% of nurses and midwives and 69.2%of health associates. By cadre, there were 3.3 qualified allopathic doctors and3.1 nurses and midwives per 10 000 population; this is around one quarter ofthe World Health Organization benchmark of 22.8 doctors, nurses and midwivesper 10 000 population. Out of all qualified workers, 77.4% were located in urbanareas, even though the urban population is only 31% of the total population of thecountry. This urban–rural difference was higher for allopathic doctors (density 11.4times higher in urban areas) compared to nurses and midwives (5.5 times higherin urban areas).Conclusion: The study highlights several areas of concern: overall low numbersof qualified health workers; a large presence of unqualified health workers,particularly in rural areas; and large urban–rural differences in the distribution ofqualified health workers
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