Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/43823 
Year of Publication: 
2008
Series/Report no.: 
Working Papers No. 407
Publisher: 
Bielefeld University, Institute of Mathematical Economics (IMW), Bielefeld
Abstract: 
Substitution policies are strategies sometimes chosen in Sub-Saharan Africa for curtailing the shortage of health professionals especially caused by the outflow of medical personnel. The aim of our contribution is to propose a way to assess the merits and drawbacks of substitution policies by developing a simple growth model of healthcare productivity with medical brain drain. Within this framework, we use a medical care production function of the CES type which aggregates low and high specialized health workers. We then run simulations which compare scenarios with and without substitution strategies by using data from the Ghana's medical sector.
Subjects: 
Medical shortage
Healthcare policy
Substitution policy
JEL: 
I18
F22
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Document Type: 
Working Paper

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