Human resources for health in Europe / edited by Carl-Ardy Dubois, Martin McKee and Ellen Nolte.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Dubois, Carl-Ardy, 1963-

McKee, Martin.

Nolte, Ellen.

Series:

European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Health facilities--Europe--Personnel management.

Health facilities.

Public health personnel--Europe.

Public health personnel.

Personnel management.

Europe.

Physical Description:

xxii, 249 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Maidenhead ; New York : Open University Press, 2006.

Summary:

Human resources for health are key determinants of health system performance. They represent, however, the largest and most expensive input into health care and are particularly challenging to develop. This book examines some of the major problems facing health care professionals in Europe and the best solutions for dealing with these.

The book analyses how current regulatory processes and practices may facilitate or inhibit the development of effective responses to challenges facing health care systems in the field of personnel. The authors also identify which strategies are most likely to lead to the optimal management of health professionals in the future. Human Resources for Health in Europe is key reading for health policymakers and postgraduates taking courses in health services management, health policy and health economics. It is also of interest to human resources professionals.

Contents:

1 Human resources for health in Europe / Carl-Ardy Dubois, Ellen Nolte, Martin McKee 1

2 Analysing trends, opportunities and challenges / Carl-Ardy Dubois, Martin McKee, Ellen Nolte 15

3 Migration of health workers in Europe: policy problem or policy solution? / James Buchan 41

4 Changing professional boundaries / Martin McKee, Carl-Ardy Dubois, Bonnie Sibbald 63

5 Structures and trends in health profession education in Europe / Elizabeth K. Kachur, Karl Krajic 79

6 Managing the performance of health professionals / Charles Shaw 98

7 Health care managers as a critical component of the health care workforce / Ann Mahon, Ruth Young 116

8 Incentives in health care: the shift in emphasis from the implicit to the explicit / Alan Maynard 140

9 Enhancing working conditions / Sigrun Gunnarsdottir, Anne Marie Rafferty 155

10 Reshaping the regulation of the workforce in European health care systems / Carl-Ardy Dubois, Anna Dixon, Martin McKee 173

11 The challenges of transition in CEE and the NIS of the former USSR / Carl Afford, Suszy Lessof 193

12 The impact of EU law and policy / Rita Baeten, Yves Jorens 214

13 Moving forward: building a strategic framework for the development of the health care workforce / Carl-Ardy Dubois, Martin McKee, Ellen Nolte 235.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0335218563

0335218555

OCLC:

61424914

Publisher Number:

9780335218561

9780335218554