Building the health workforce: Saudi Arabia's challenges in achieving Vision 2030.
Int J Health Plann Manage
; 34(4): e1405-e1416, 2019 Oct.
Article
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| ID: mdl-31402508
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Saudi Arabia's Vision 2030 represents a major structural shift in all economic sectors. Health care is one of the largest sectors significantly contributing to achievement of the visionOBJECTIVES:
To provide an overview of health workforce in Saudi Arabia and identify various critical issues and challenges that need to be addressed in achieving health system goals envisaged in the Vision.METHODS:
This paper is based on extensive review of literature conducted to stimulate pertinent descriptive information on health workforce in Saudi Arabia.FINDINGS:
Saudi nationals constitute 44% of all health workforce and 29.5% of all physicians employed by the health system. Among Saudi nationals, there is a significant underrepresentation of females except in the nursing profession. The health workforce is beleaguered with numerical inadequacy, skill imbalance, gender disparity, and access issues.CONCLUSION:
Health system needs to adopt a rigorous approach by investing heavily on medical, nursing, and other specialized fields of education. Planning for the health workforce needs to adopt appropriate strategies that reflect all aspects including the number, skills, and gender distribution for meeting the future health needs of population to facilitate achievement of Vision.Palavras-chave
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Mão de Obra em Saúde
Tipo de estudo:
Prognostic_studies
Aspecto:
Equity_inequality
Limite:
Female
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Humans
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Male
País/Região como assunto:
Asia
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Int J Health Plann Manage
Assunto da revista:
PESQUISA EM SERVICOS DE SAUDE
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SERVICOS DE SAUDE
Ano de publicação:
2019
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Arábia Saudita