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Arch Hellen Med, 17(6), November-December 2000, 627-639

HEALTH ECONOMICS

Health manpower development and National Health System staffing

N. POLYZOS,1 J. YFANTOPOULOS2
1Onassis Cardiac Surgery Center,
2University of Athens, Faculty of Public Administration and Political Science, Athens, Greece


The problems of health manpower development are related to planning, production and management, based on specific priorities of health policy concerning both supply and demand of human resources. The Greek health care system is characterised by oversupply of physicians and lack of trained nurses and other specialised health professionals. Research shows that the National Health System suffers from a deficit of specialized staff, maldistribution of personnel, absence of decentralization policies, inadequate training, rigid practices of personnel promotion which are unrelated to merit and poor motivation, resulting in low productivity and customer satisfaction. The proposed organisational changes of the system, the planned development and the training of health manpower, based on population needs, should certainly improve the delivery of health services under the principles of equity and efficiency.

Key words: Development, Goals, Health, Management, Manpower, Planning, Production, Staff, Training.


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