reference_hcw: Reference cadres of HCWs

In mrc-ide/esft: WHO ESFT Calculations

Reference cadres of HCWs

Description

Provides reference values of HCWs taken from the WHO ESFT, and populates the list with standard values if estimates are not available. One question: why aren't the reference values proportional to the country population size?

Usage

reference_hcw(
  iso3c = NULL,
  params,
  who,
  throughput,
  default = list(n_docs = 8000, n_nurses = 5000, n_labs = 300, n_midwives = 500,
    n_dentists = 10, n_physiotherapists = 50, n_trad_comp_med = 4000, n_chws = 245,
    n_pharmacists = 818)
)

Arguments

iso3c	ISO3C country code.
params	From get_parameters
who	WHO summary data from the esft package, who.rda
throughput	Either diagnostic_capacity or throughput
default	These are the base values supplied by the ESFT worksheet - and are replaced by calculated values if not supplied.

Value

Dataframe of reference HCWs

n_docs

Number of medical doctors (non-COVID-19)

n_nurses

Number of nurses (non-COVID-19)

n_labs

Number of laboratory scientists and techs (non-COVID-19)

n_midwives

Number of midwives

n_dentists

Number of dentists

n_physiotherapists

Number of physiotherapists

n_trad_comp_med

Number of traditional and complementary medical personnel

n_chws

Number of community health workers

n_pharmacists

Number of pharmacists

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