%0 Report
        %A Andalón, Mabel
%A Fields, Gary S.
        %T A Labor Market Approach to the Crisis of Health Care Professionals in Africa
        %D 2011
        %8 2011 Feb
        %I Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        %C Bonn
        %7 IZA Discussion Paper
        %N 5483
        %U https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp5483
        %X This paper adopts a labor market economics perspective to understanding the crisis of health care professionals in Africa. Five challenges resulting from this crisis are identified: a production challenge, an underutilization challenge, a distributional challenge, a performance challenge, and a financing challenge. Differences between the labor market approach and others used in the health field are noted. We conclude that more empirical data, a full labor market analysis, and the use of social benefit-cost criteria are all needed before policy recommendations to address any of these challenges can be confidently offered.
        %K labor market
%K health care
%K Africa