What if we decided to take care of everyone who needed treatment? Workforce planning in Mozambique using simulation of demand for HIV/AIDS care

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What if we decided to take care of everyone who needed treatment? Workforce planning in Mozambique using simulation of demand for HIV/AIDS care

Amy Hagopian¹^,2^* , Mark A Micek¹^,2^* , Ferruccio Vio³ , Kenneth Gimbel-Sherr¹^,3 and Pablo Montoya⁴

¹Departments of Health Services and Global Health, University of Washington School of Public Health and Community Medicine, 4534 11th Av. NE, Seattle, WA 98105, USA

²Health Alliance International, Seattle, Washington, USA

³Health Alliance International, Maputo, Mozambique

⁴Health Alliance International, Beira, Sofala, Mozambique

author email corresponding author email* Contributed equally

Human Resources for Health 2008, 6:3doi:10.1186/1478-4491-6-3


Published:	7 February 2008

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Workforce Modelling Workbook 17.xls. Three inter-linked spreadsheets for calculating health workforce FTE requirements based on patient demand assumptions. SUMMARY tab. a) user-entered demand inputs and assumptions, and b) Worksheet D, which generates and displays the FTE calculations of estimated need. ASSUMPTIONS tab. Worksheet A maps out the schedule of encounters for each type of patient; Worksheet B counts total patient encounters generated by Worksheet A; Worksheet C generates monthly encounter counts over a three-year period from the care system's point of view. CLINICAL ALGORITHM tab. Describes the schedule of encounters required for each type of patient using the WHO and Mozambique treatment guidelines.

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