Carla Castillo-Laborde
Human resources for health and burden of disease: an econometric approach
Ministry of Health
effect health workers health proven important various health outcomes eg mortality coverage immunisation skilled birth attendants study aim paper assess relationship health workers disabilityadjusted life years dalys represents much broader concept health outcome including mortality also morbidity crosscountry multiple regression analyses undertaken dalys dalys disaggregated according three different groups diseases dependent variable aggregate health workers disaggregate physicians nurses midwives included independent variables well variable accounting skill mix professionals analysis also considers controlling effects income income distribution percentage rural population access improved water source health expenditure study presents evidence statistically negative relationship density health workers especially physicians dalys increase one unit density health workers per 1000 decrease average total burden disease 1 3 however line previous findings literature density nurses midwives could said statistically associated dalys countries increase health worker density able reduce significantly burden disease especially burden associated communicable diseases study represents supporting evidence importance health workers health