Title: Nonglak Pagaiya and Sanya Sriratana
1Planning for health workforce for primary care
services in 2 provinces in the Northeast Thailand
- Nonglak Pagaiya and Sanya Sriratana
- International Health Policy program
2Presentation outline
- Why are-based HWF planning
- Objectives
- Results
- Policy implication
3Health Service System
Center of Excellence
Prov/ reg hosp (100)
RURAL
District hosp 50,000 (83)
Health centre 5,000 (100)
41. Context/ factors effecting HWF demand
- Change in demo./ epidemiology
- Elderly increase up to 10 , 15 in 10 yrs
- Increase in chronic diseases
- Increase in accident/ emergency
- Reform
- universal coverage, increase utilisation
- civil service reform, limit number of HRH
- existence of organization promoting health
promotion
5Health workforce (HWF) problems
- Mismatch between Supply and Demand
- Mal-distribution, rural vs urban
supply
Demand
6Limitations of HWF planning
- Contextual changes, effecting HFW
- Inadequate evidence-based information
- Emphasize on number rather than quality and
planning process, limited stakeholders - Lack of area-based planning, not related to local
needs - Plan for each professional separately
- Methods for planning is limited to population
ratio
72. Objectives and Approach
- to assess the health workforce supply and demand
and to develop recommendations to redress the
mismatch between health workforce supply and
demand. - Approaches
- Develop the HFW forecasting model
- Collect baseline information
- Assess supply and demand (requirement)
- Develop recommendations for HFW planning
8Baseline data for HWF forecasting Model
- Model assess HFW requirement base on health needs
and health demand approach - Population by age group
- Sickness and service utilization by age group
- Health facilities
- HWF, number, distribution, loss rate and gain
rate - Productivity and staffing norm
9Population by age group
Community setting
Facility setting
1? care
Com. care
HFW
HFW
2? care
HFW
HFW
103. Results
1) Sickness and service utilization at primary
care (Curative and rehabilitation at health
centers)
112) Baseline data of 2 provinces
12Community HWF Supply
133) HWF supply (2? care)Ubon
24
11
11
20
3
2
14 HWF supply (1? care) Ubon
1
5
2
21
5
1
15(5) HWF supply (2 ? care) KK
27
12
11
7
7
2
16(5) HWF supply (1 ? care) KK
2
4
3
2
2
1
17Service provision and task-shifting
18HFW requirements Ubon
19HFW requirements KK
20Community HWF supply and requirements
214. Summary
- HWF problems
- Shortage of doctors, nurses and PT
- Surplus of dental personnel, if not well job
allocation - Inequitable distribution, esp primary vs
secondary care - Retention in rural, esp, primary care
22Recommendations
- Area-based planning with HFW mechanism at local
and national level - Increase production, particularly
- Local recruitment, regional training and hometown
placement esp, nurses, PT - Increase production of auxialies, i.e., PT
auxiliaries and plan for their career path - Appropriate task-shifting
- Doctors and nurses curative
- Nurses and public health prevention
- Public health and nurse vs VHV and community HWF
23Recommendation (cont)
- 4. Shift from curative care to health promotion
and prevention at community levels - 5. Strengthen community health workforce, esp,
VHV , aged care providers and other volunteers - 6. Consider appropriate incentives (financial and
non-financial) to attract and retain doctors,
nurses, PH and PT at rural. - 7. Strengthen effective referal system btw health
centers and hospital including sharing resources