05536nam 2200673 450 991046040740332120200520144314.0(CKB)3710000000420422(EBL)2060595(OCoLC)910816092(SSID)ssj0001539497(PQKBManifestationID)11936594(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001539497(PQKBWorkID)11532622(PQKB)10626257(MiAaPQ)EBC2060595(Au-PeEL)EBL2060595(CaPaEBR)ebr11061302(CaONFJC)MIL791633(EXLCZ)99371000000042042220150611h20152015 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe path to universal health coverage in Bangladesh bridging the gap of human resources for health /Sameh El-Saharty [and four others]Washington, District of Columbia :World Bank Group,2015.©20151 online resource (127 p.)World Bank StudyDescription based upon print version of record.1-4648-0537-7 1-4648-0536-9 Includes bibliographical references.""Front Cover ""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Executive Summary""; ""Acronyms ""; ""Chapter 1 Introduction""; ""Overview""; ""Two Key Dates: 2021 and 2032""; ""Key Challenges""; ""Chapter 2 The Path to UHC""; ""The Health Care Financing Strategy""; ""Chapter 3 HRH""; ""Introduction""; ""HRH Stock""; ""HRH Production""; ""Public Sector Salaries""; ""Vacancy Rates and Recruitment""; ""HRH Distributionâ€?Facts and Factors""; ""HRH Quality and Productivity""; ""Work Environment""; ""Notes""; ""Chapter 4 HRH Policy-Making Process""; ""Introduction""; ""Major HRH Challenges""""A Complex and Sometimes Contradictory Array of National Policies""""A Highly Centralized and Cumbersome Bureaucratic System with Weak Response Capacity""; ""A Range of Powerful Stakeholders, Some with Competing Interests""; ""Weak Regulatory and Enforcement Capacity""; ""Conclusions""; ""Notes""; ""Chapter 5 HRH Policy Options for UHC""; ""Introduction""; ""Address HRH Shortages""; ""Improve the Skill-Mix""; ""Address Geographic Imbalances""; ""Retain Health Workers""; ""Adopt Strategic Payment and Purchaser Mechanisms""; ""Establish a Central Human Resources Information System""""Target HRH Interventions to Improve Maternal and Newborn Health""""Appendix A Health Coverage and Service Delivery System""; ""Public Service Delivery System""; ""Staffing of Primary Health Care Centers""; ""Human Resources for Health Production""; ""Alternative Medical Care Providers""; ""Appendix B Summary Implementation of HRH Policies""; ""Appendix C Economic Analysis for Options to Increase Health Care Providers by 2021""; ""Objectives""; ""Methods""; ""Analysis and Findings""; ""Discussion""; ""Notes""; ""References""; ""Boxes ""; ""1.1 Good in Parts""""3.1 The Brain Drain and Other Lost Assets""""3.2 Training Innovations""; ""3.3 Push and Pull Factorsâ€?All toward Urban Areas""; ""3.4 Informal Sector/Semiqualified and Allopathic Providers""; ""3.5 Community Health Workers""; ""5.1 Kenya: An Emergency Hiring Plan to Rapidly Scale Up the Health Workforce""; ""5.2 Afghanistan: Community Midwifery Education Program""; ""5.3 Nepal: Trained Outreach Workers Linking the Community to the Health System""; ""5.4 Thailand: Integrated Interventions Enhance Equitable Distribution of Physicians Nationally""""5.5 Chile: Well-Designed Incentive Package Successfully Addressed Physician Retention""""Figures ""; ""2.1 Sequencing of the UHC Plan""; ""2.2 Proposed Evolution of Health Financing""; ""2.3 THE Per Capita""; ""3.1 Density of HCPs per 10,000 Population""; ""3.2 Health Workforce Registered with the Bangladesh Medical and Dental Council (BMDC) and Bangladesh Nursing Council (BNC), 1997, 2007, and 2013""; ""3.3 Filled-In Posts as Percentage of Sanctioned Posts by Year""; ""3.4 Process and Responsibilities for Creation of a New Post""; ""3.5 Ruralâ€?Urban Distribution of HCPs by Type""""3.6 Distribution of HCPs by Divisions (per 10,000 population)""Bangladesh is committed to achieving universal health coverage (UHC) by 2032; to this end, the government of Bangladesh is exploring policy options to increase fiscal space for health and expand coverage while improving service quality and availability. Despite Bangladesh's impressive strides in improving its economic and social development outcomes, the government still confronts health financing and service delivery challenges. In its review of the health system, this study highlights the limited fiscal space for implementing UHC in Bangladesh, particularly given low public spending for healWorld Bank StudiesMedical careBangladeshHealth services accessibilityBangladeshNational health insuranceElectronic books.Medical careHealth services accessibilityNational health insurance.362.1095492El-Saharty SamehMiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910460407403321The path to universal health coverage in Bangladesh2285353UNINA