A Labor Market Assessment of Nurses and Physicians in Saudi Arabia : Addressing Future Imbalances between Need, Supply, and Demand
Strengthening the health workforce in Saudi Arabia is central to ongoing reform efforts in the country and to the changing business priorities in the health sector and beyond. Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030 aims to increase the size and performance of the Saudi health workforce to meet changing popu...
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2021
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| Online Access: | https://documents.worldbank.org/en/publication/documents-reports/documentdetail/830511632373746956/a-labor-market-assessment-of-nurses-and-physicians-in-saudi-arabia-addressing-future-imbalances-between-need-supply-and-demand http://hdl.handle.net/10986/36290 |
| Summary: | Strengthening the health workforce in Saudi Arabia is central to ongoing
reform efforts in the country and to the changing business priorities
in the health sector and beyond. Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030 aims to
increase the size and performance of the Saudi health workforce to meet
changing population needs and to achieve ambitious social and economic
targets and goals. This book presents rigorous, empirical, and quantitative
evidence to support national-level strategic planning efforts on human
resources for health in Saudi Arabia.
The book, a collaborative effort between the Saudi Health Council
and the World Bank, is a first to anticipate and quantify projected future
labor market imbalances of nurses and physicians in Saudi Arabia and to
identify solutions to close those gaps. Drawing on the latest principles and
modeling techniques in epidemiology and economics, the book forecasts
future imbalances between epidemiological need and labor market
supply and demand. It culminates in a set of policy recommendations to
improve the availability, distribution, and performance of Saudi nurses
and physicians. The book is expected to be of interest to health workforce
planners and health systems researchers working in Saudi Arabia and
beyond. |
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