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Table 1 Detailed strategy for increased production and to overcome HRH shortages by 2030

From: Achieving universal health coverage and sustainable development goals by 2030: investment estimates to increase production of health professionals in India

Strategy

Strategy details

Doctors: Strategy at different thresholds

Nurses/midwives: Strategy at different thresholds

Investment bound

Strategy 1

To overcome projected shortages in actual stock

34.5 & 44.5: Seat expansion + Opening new colleges

34.5: Full utilization of existing capacities +  Seat expansion (no new colleges required)

44.5: Full utilization of existing capacities + Seat expansion + Opening new colleges

Lower bound of investment

Strategy 2

To overcome projected shortages in active health workforce

34.5 & 44.5:Seat expansion + Opening new colleges

34.5 & 44.5: Full utilization of existing capacities + Seat expansion + Opening new colleges

Upper bound of investment

Strategy 3

To overcome projected shortages in active health workforce by reducing at least 50% of the existing labour market attrition by 2030

34.5 & 44.5:Seat expansion + Opening new colleges + Encouraging and reskilling 50% of out-of-labour health professionals to join workforce

34.5 & 44.5: Full utilization of existing capacities + Seat expansion + Opening new colleges + Encouraging and reskilling 50% of out-of-labour health professionals to join workforce

Middle bound of investment

Strategy 4

Scenario 1: Considering seat expansion in only government institutions

- Lower bound of investment

- Middle bound of investment

- Upper bound of investment

34.5 & 44.5: Seat expansion (only in government colleges)+ Opening new colleges

(In addition, middle bound of investment includes encouraging and reskilling 50% of out-of-labour health professionals to join workforce)

NA

Investment range using alternative strategies and scenarios for doctors

 

Scenario 2: Considering indigenous medicine (AYUSH) practitioners as part of health workforce

34.5: Seat expansion + including AYUSH practitioners (no new colleges required)

44.5: Seat expansion + opening new colleges + including AYUSH practitioners

NA

 
  1. Numbers in bold are the two reference thresholds of HRH population ratio. NA is not applicable