Health Care

Health Workforce

The availability of HEALTH PERSONNEL. It includes the demand and recruitment of both professional and allied health personnel, their present and future supply and distribution, and their assignment and utilization.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

Structured Summary

Abstract

The availability of HEALTH PERSONNEL. It includes the demand and recruitment of both professional and allied health personnel, their present and future supply and distribution, and their assignment and utilization.

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Synonyms

9 entry terms
  • Health Manpower
  • Health Occupations Manpower
  • Manpower, Health
  • Manpower, Health Occupations
  • Workforce, Health
  • Health Occupations Womanpower
  • Health Womanpower
  • Womanpower, Health
  • Womanpower, Health Occupations

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Aspects Covered

9 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, ethics, history, legislation & jurisprudence, organization & administration, standards, statistics & numerical data, trends.

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Indexing Annotation

do not confuse with HEALTH PERSONNEL, the persons in the field of health care & delivery; coordinate with specific health discipline, occupation or program if pertinent

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History Note

2019(1968)

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Previous Indexing

  • Health Occupations (1966-1967)

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Tree Numbers

  1. N02.350w
  2. N04w.452.525w.500w
  3. N05.300w.420.400w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Health Workforce. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D006280. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D006280
  2. Health Workforce. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Health_human_resources
  3. Health Workforce. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17054975