Comparison of Medical Workforce Policies in China and Australia

1Running head: HEALTH POLICIES COMPARISON
Title Medical Workforce Policies
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Table of Contents
目录
Executive Summary.......................................................................................................2
Introduction....................................................................................................................3
Environmental Scan of the Health Workforce...............................................................4
Data Profile of the Health Workforce............................................................................7
Critical Issues to be Addressed......................................................................................8
Adherence to WHO priorities.........................................................................................9
References....................................................................................................................11

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Executive Summary
China and Australia are some of the most predominant nations listed in the WHO
Western Pacific Category. These two nations have undergone robust changes in their
medical workforce in the past few years. They have, thus, come up with
comprehensive policies aimed at changing the landscape of the medical workforce in
their medical sectors. Some of the ways through which the two nations have brought
about change include use of advanced technology, complying with WHO
recommendations such as improved training and through increased support for
medical practitioners. In this paper, the medical workforce policies in the two nations
have been discussed.

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Introduction
China is one of the most developed and highly growing nations in the world
today. By far, China has some of the best policies when it comes to different sectors
of the economy. One of the most important areas that the Chinese economy seems to
give attention is the health sector, and in specific the health workforce. There has been
several plans in this nations that have been developed to try and enhance access to
health services through developing an effective health workforce. Some these plans
have worked excellently, but some of them have shown little success. Compared to
Australia, there is a lot to learn and observe that has been reported in this paper.
China’s rapidly growing economy has enabled the nation to emerge as one of the
best destinations for medical services around the world. In the period between the
years 1985 and 2011, the nation has developed a series of polices to help increase
access to medical services by decreasing inequalities in delivery of heath services and
increasing the number of health workers in the nation’s most rural areas. This strategy
seemed to work, since there were observable reductions in inequalities and an
increase in the density of health workers in the rural areas between 1985 and 2000,
but this trend took a turn for the worse from then on until 2011 (Tanget al, 2013). the
economic structure of China where there are visible inequalities in incomes and
standards of living make the nation an interesting place to study. Surprisingly, despite
the fact that China is among the few largest economics in the world today, it still has a
struggling health care sector, and is, therefore, an excellent nation to study.