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Health worker remuneration in WHO Member States.

P Hernandez-Peña¹, J P Poullier², C J M Van Mosseveld³

¹World Health Organization, avenue Appia 20, 1211 Geneva 27, Switzerland .

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

|December 19, 2013

Summary

This summary is machine-generated.

Global health spending on health workers is rising faster than GDP but slower than overall health expenditure. Countries need to increase health budgets to achieve universal health coverage, despite a declining share for worker pay.

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Area of Science:

Health Economics
Public Health Policy
Global Health Expenditure Analysis

Background:

Health worker remuneration is a significant component of national health spending.
Understanding expenditure trends is crucial for workforce planning and health system strengthening.

Purpose of the Study:

To analyze global data on health worker remuneration in public and private sectors.
To assess trends in health worker pay relative to GDP and total health expenditure.

Main Methods:

Utilized data from WHO's Global Health Expenditure Database and country officials.
Analyzed remuneration as a share of GDP, total health expenditure, and government health expenditure.
Calculated compound annual growth rates for remuneration between 2000 and 2012.

Main Results:

Health worker payments constitute over one-third of total health expenditure globally.
Remuneration growth outpaced GDP growth but lagged behind total and government health expenditure growth.
Health worker pay increased faster than that of other worker categories.

Conclusions:

Achieving universal health coverage necessitates increased GDP allocation to health and remuneration.
The proportion of total health expenditure dedicated to health workers may decline due to system-wide strengthening efforts.
Strategic financial planning is essential for sustainable health workforce remuneration.