Fadi El?Jardali|Diana Jamal|Ahmad Abdallah|Kassem Kassak
Human resources for health planning and management in the Eastern Mediterranean region: facts, gaps and forward thinking for research and policy
American University of Beirut|American University of Beirut|American University of Beirut|American University of Beirut
early decades 21st century considered era human resources health hrh world health report whr 2006 launched health workforce decade 20062015 high priority given countries develop effective workforce policies strategies many countries eastern mediterranean region emr particularly classified low lowmiddle income countries lmics limited knowledge nature scope composition needs hrh hindering health sector reform highlights urgent need understand current reality hrh several emr countriesthe objectives paper 1 lay facts know hrh emr countries 2 generate interpret evidence relationship hrh health status indicators lmics middle high income countries mhics context emr 3 identify analyze information gaps ie know 4 provide forward thinking identifying priorities research policythe variables used analysis nurse physician density gross national income poverty female literacy health expenditure infant mortality rate imr 5 mortality rate u5mr maternal mortality rate mmr life expectancy le univariate charts bivariate pearson correlation multivariate analysis linear regression conducted using spss 140 besides synthesis hrh literatureresults demonstrate significant disparities physician nurse densities within emr particularly lmics mhics besides significant differences exist health status indicators within emr results pearson correlation revealed physician nurse density well female literacy emr countries significantly correlated lower mortality rates higher life expectancy results regression analysis lmics mhics reveal physician density significantly associated health indicators income groups nurse density found significantly associated lower mmr two income groups female literacy notably related lower imr u5mr income groups mmr le lmics health expenditure significantly associated lower imr u5mr lmics based results gap analysis literature synthesis information gaps priorities identifiedthe implication results discussed paper help emr countries particularly lmics determine priorities improve health outcomes achieve healthrelated millenium development goals