Analysis of the Health Care Labor Market in Peru

Jimenez, Michelle ; Mantilla, Eduardo ; Huayanay, Carlos ; Mego, Michael ; Vermeersch, Christel

World Bank, Washington, DC

关键词: ACCREDITATION;    ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME;    ADMINISTRATIVE MANAGEMENT;    ALCOHOLISM;    ANESTHESIOLOGY;   

RP-ID  :  95115

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: World Bank Open Knowledge Repository

【 摘 要 】

This report aims to provide an updatedanalysis of labor market trends for the health workforce inPeru, focusing on the basic health team, physician, nurse,and midwife, and other health professionals related tocurrent priorities. Peru has been labeled as a country witha shortage of health professionals (that is, with less than25 professionals per 10,000 inhabitants), and although themost recent numbers indicate that the situation hasimproved, the shortages are bound to become more acute asthe country aims to achieve Universal Health Coverage. Theauthors found that the country trains both in public andprivate universities a large number of professionals, butthat the majority of trained professionals do not then go onto work for the public sector. This dynamic had not beendescribed before and challenges current assumptions of humanresources needs and availability. There is very littlereliable data on numbers, type and work conditions for humanresources working outside the public sector, including thesocial security insurance health system (EsSalud), otherhealth insurance providers, and the private sector, and as aresult no detailed information can be obtained about thedistribution of health professionals outside the publicsector. For policy purposes, it is necessary to improve thequality and integration of HRH information across the sector.