Skill-Mix and Policy Change in the Health Workforce Nurses in Advanced Roles

An important potential contribution to the efficient use of the health workforce, is the possibility of 'skill mix' changes. 'Skill mix' is a relatively broad term which can refer to the mix of staff in the workforce or the demarcation of roles and activities among different cate...

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Main Author: Buchan, James
Other Authors: Calman, Lynn
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Paris OECD Publishing 2005
Series:OECD Health Working Papers
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520 |a An important potential contribution to the efficient use of the health workforce, is the possibility of 'skill mix' changes. 'Skill mix' is a relatively broad term which can refer to the mix of staff in the workforce or the demarcation of roles and activities among different categories of staff. Most of the policy attention on using skill-mix changes to improve health system performance has been on the mix between physicians and nurses. Skill-mix changes may involve a variety of developments including enhancement of skills among a particular group of staff, substitution1 between different groups, delegation up and down a unidiscipliniary ladder, and innovation in roles. Such changes may be driven by a variety of motives including service innovation, shortages of particular categories of worker (especially in inner cities or rural areas), quality improvement, and a desire to improve the cost- effectiveness of service delivery. There are large differences in reported physician/nurse ..