Access to Health Care in Andhra Pradesh : Availability of Manpower

Motkuri, Venkatanarayana (2011): Access to Health Care in Andhra Pradesh : Availability of Manpower.

Abstract

The present paper examines the access to health care with reference to availability of manpower in the health care sector in Andhra Pradesh. Also the paper provides the alternative estimations of workforce in health care sector based on the NSS Employment and Unemployment Survey.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: Health, Manpower, Wofkforce, Health Workers, Health Professional, Andhra Pradesh
• Subjects: I - Health, Education, and Welfare > I1 - Health > I10 - General; I - Health, Education, and Welfare > I1 - Health > I11 - Analysis of Health Care Markets; I - Health, Education, and Welfare > I1 - Health > I12 - Health Behavior; I - Health, Education, and Welfare > I1 - Health > I18 - Government Policy ; Regulation ; Public Health; J - Labor and Demographic Economics > J2 - Demand and Supply of Labor; J - Labor and Demographic Economics > J2 - Demand and Supply of Labor > J21 - Labor Force and Employment, Size, and Structure; J - Labor and Demographic Economics > J2 - Demand and Supply of Labor > J24 - Human Capital ; Skills ; Occupational Choice ; Labor Productivity

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