Why we need multi-level health workforce governance: Case studies from nursing and medicine in Germany

Highlights • Health workforce policy in Europe lacks integration and coordination. • Gaps in governance combine to create inefficient use of health human resources. • Organizational and educational innovations need support from national and EU policies. • Multi-level governance can promote health wo...

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Published in:Health policy (Amsterdam) 2015-12, Vol.119 (12), p.1636-1644
Main Authors: Kuhlmann, Ellen, Larsen, Christa
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Delivery of Health Care - manpower
Delivery of Health Care - organization & administration
Germany
Government Regulation
Health administration
Health human resources policy
Health Manpower - organization & administration
Health Policy
Health workforce governance
Humans
Internal Medicine
Medicin och hälsovetenskap
Medicine - organization & administration
Multi-level governance
Nurses - supply & distribution
Nurses and physicians
Nursing - organization & administration
Organizational Case Studies
Physicians - supply & distribution
Policy Making
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Summary:Highlights • Health workforce policy in Europe lacks integration and coordination. • Gaps in governance combine to create inefficient use of health human resources. • Organizational and educational innovations need support from national and EU policies. • Multi-level governance can promote health workforce innovation.
ISSN:0168-8510
1872-6054
1872-6054
DOI:10.1016/j.healthpol.2015.08.004