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Table 1 Baseline inputs

From: Meeting human resources for health staffing goals by 2018: a quantitative analysis of policy options in Zambia

   

Nurses

Midwives

 

Baseline inputs

Doctors

Clinical officers

registered

enrolled

registered

enrolled

direct entry

Total

Number of staff

   At baseline (2008)1

806

1236

1453

5134

339

1711

0

10 679

   Minimum level required to meet need (same for all years)2

1778

3737

14 053

4751

24 319

Inflow from training

   Annual training enrolment (# of new students)3

74

155

660

423

136

173

174

1795

   Total years of training required3

7

3

3

2

1

1

2

n/a

   Graduation rate (% of students)3

90.0%

90.0%

96.7%

94.3%

97.1%

90.7%

90.0%

n/a

   Public sector entry rate from training schools (% of graduates)3,4

85.3%

91.4%

75.5%

81.4%

81.4%

81.4%

81.4%

n/a

   Inflow from immigration (# per year)4

20

0

0

0

0

0

0

20

Outflow from attrition

   Training program requires other professional diploma/degree and work experience before enrolling; or enrols students who leave the public sector workforce before enrolling

No

No

Yes

No

Yes

Yes

no

n/a

   If yes, which specific cadre is the feeder cadre for training programs

n/a

n/a

enrolled nurses

n/a

registered nurses

enrolled nurses

n/a

n/a

   Percent of enrolling students to which entry barrier applies (% per year)

n/a

n/a

14.89%

n/a

100%

100%

n/a

n/a

   Total attrition from cadre (% per year)

9.80%

4.48%

5.30%

4.48%

4.48%

4.48%

4.48%

n/a

   Involuntary attrition (% per year)[24, 26]

6.66%

3.05%

3.60%

3.05%

3.05%

3.05%

3.05%

n/a

   Voluntary attrition (% per year)[25, 26]

3.14%

1.43%

1.70%

1.43%

1.43%

1.43%

1.43%

n/a

  1. 1 MOH human resources payroll data, September 2008
  2. 2 MOH Training and Development Plan 2008
  3. 3 MOH/CHAI training institution assessment, May/June 2008
  4. 4 MOH Human Resources Directorate