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Erratum to: Global Health Workforce Labor Market Projections for 2030

Human Resources for Health volume 15, Article number: 18 (2017) Cite this article

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After this article [1] was published the authors noticed that the wrong version of Fig. 1 had been uploaded. The Correct figure, is shown below.

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Health worker static labor market theoretical framework. Legend: Demand (D) and supply (S) interact to determine the number of workers (H*) that will be employed at a market wage rate (W*). At a wage rate (WL) that is lower than the market optimum (W*), a shortage of workers results, and the number of workers demanded (HD) exceeds the number supplied (HS). To alleviate shortages in this market, either (1) additional compensation could be given to increase wages to W* and attract more workers into the market, or (2) the production of workers could be increased such that supply shifts outward (S2) and the quantity demand (HD) is achieved while keeping wages at WL

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  1. Liu JX, Goryakin Y, Maeda A, Bruckner T, Scheffler R. Global Health Workforce Labor Market Projections for 2030. Hum Resour Health. 15:11. doi:10.1186/s12960-017-0187-2.

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  1. Institute for Health and Aging, Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, 3333 California Street, Suite 340, San Francisco, CA, 94118, United States of America

    Jenny X. Liu

  2. Health Division, Labour and Social Affairs, Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, 2 rue Andre Pascal, Cedex 16, 75775, Paris, France

    Yevgeniy Goryakin & Akiko Maeda

  3. School of Public Health, University of California, 635 E. Peltason Dr., 92697-3957, Irvine, CA, United States of America

    Tim Bruckner

  4. School of Public Health, Goldman School of Public Policy, University of California, Berkeley, 50 University Hall MC7360, 94704, Berkeley, CA, United States of America

    Richard Scheffler

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Liu, J.X., Goryakin, Y., Maeda, A. et al. Erratum to: Global Health Workforce Labor Market Projections for 2030. Hum Resour Health 15, 18 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12960-017-0193-4

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