Right time, right place: improving access to health service through effective retention and distribution of health workers

Right time, right place: improving access to health service through effective retention and distribution of health workers

This editorial introduces the 'Right time, Right place: improving access to health service through effective retention and distribution of health workers' thematic series. This series draws from studies in a range of countries and provides new insights into what can be done to improve access to health through more effective human resources policies, planning and management. The primary focus is...

Right time, right place? New evidence on effective health workforce distribution and retention

There is growing recognition that the achievement of health systems objectives, including UHC, requires an effective health workforce. This includes dimensions of effectiveness related to geographic distribution that allows access to services, and effective retention of scarce and often expensive skills within a sustainable workforce. (The latter issue is the counterpoint to health worker migra...

Right care, right time, right place: improving outcomes for people with spinal cord injury through early access to intervention and improved access to specialised care: study protocol

BACKGROUND Traumatic spinal cord injury is a devastating condition impacting adversely on the health and wellbeing, functioning and independence, social participation and quality of life of the injured person. In Australia, there are approximately 15 new cases per million population per year; economic burden estimates suggest 2 billion dollars annually. For optimal patient outcomes expert conse...

EYE HEALTH & ACCOUNTABLE CARE the RIGHT EYE CARE in the RIGHT PLACE at the RIGHT TIME

Right of access to health information.

The access to health information is one of the rights of the user of the public health care system, but it is little respected in health services. This study investigates the problem from the perspective of the female clientele. A qualitative study was carried out with a sample of seventeen low-income mothers, which reside in the outskirts of the Federal District. The mothers are frequent users...