Poor health workforce planning is costly, risky and inequitable – CMAJ

October 21, 2019

KEY POINTS

• We do a very poor job of health workforce planning in Canada, in large part because of inadequate health workforce data.

• Inadequate health workforce data have economic costs because poor data limit planning models, tools and processes necessary for workforce planning.

• Not knowing exactly who comprises the health workforce and how they work also has important equity implications, especially as the health sector consists predominantly of women.

• Canada must make collection of high-quality data on the health workforce and strategic planning in the health workforce an urgent priority.

Planning for the right number and mix of health workers — in the right place, at the right time — is an ongoing struggle in Canada’s health care systems. ..

Read More: https://www.cmaj.ca/content/191/42/E1147