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Health Affairs, 26, no. 3 (2007): w367-w379 (Published online 27 March 2007) doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.26.3.w367 © 2007 by Project HOPE	New Online   Getting Health Reform Done   After the State of the Union   Incremental Reform   E-Health in Developing World   Most-Read Articles in 2009

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The Contribution Of Human Resources For Health To The Quality Of Care In Indonesia

Sarah L. Barber, Paul J. Gertler and Pandu Harimurti

Using a representative sample of public facilities surveyed in 1993 and 1997, we took advantage of exogenous changes imposed on the Indonesian health system to evaluate the contribution of physicians, nurses, and midwives to the quality of primary care. We found that quality depends on the availability, type, and number of health workers, which, in turn, is affected by public policies about deployment. We conclude that staff deployment could be refined by analyses of the skill-mix needed to provide quality care. Professional nurses in particular could play an important role in promoting quality.

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