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Salud Pública de México
Print version ISSN 0036-3634
Abstract
NIGENDA, Gustavo et al. Efficiency of human resources for health: an approach to its analysis in Mexico. Salud pública Méx [online]. 2016, vol.58, n.5, pp.533-542. ISSN 0036-3634. https://doi.org/10.21149/spm.v58i5.8243.
Objective:
To analyze efficiency indicators of human resources working at Mexico's Ministry of Health.
Materials and methods:
Three dimensions of efficiency were explored: a) labor wastage, b) distribution of human resources (HR) across levels of care, and c) productivity.
Results:
Health workers present significant levels of unemployment and underemployment; distribution does not meet international recommendations, and heterogeneous levels of productivity were found among states.
Conclusions:
Health and educational authorities should develop and implement a HR plan that takes into consideration the needs and demands of the covered population, and includes a clearly defined set of measures to regulate the future production of HR as well as their distribution among and within state health systems, and that allocates incentives to improve performance.
Keywords : human resources for health; efficiency; health policy; Mexico.