Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu về sinh học được đăng trên tạp chí sinh học quốc tế đề tài : Health worker densities and immunization coverage in Turkey: a panel data analysis | Human Resources for Health BioMed Central Research Health worker densities and immunization coverage in Turkey a panel data analysis Andrew D Mitchell 1 Thomas J Bossert1 Winnie Yip2 and Salih Mollahaliloglu1 3 Open Access Address 1Harvard School of Public Health Boston Massachusetts USA 2University of Oxford Oxford United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and 3School of Public Health Ministry of Health Ankara Turkey Email Andrew D Mitchell - amitchel@ Thomas J Bossert - tbossert@ Winnie Yip - Salih Mollahaliloglu - Corresponding author Published 22 December 2008 Received 7 November 2007 Accepted 22 December 2008 Human Resources for Health 2008 6 29 doi 1478-4491-6-29 p This article is available from http content 6 1 29 2008 Mitchell et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Background Increased immunization coverage is an important step towards fulfilling the Millennium Development Goal of reducing childhood mortality. Recent cross-sectional and cross-national research has indicated that physician nurse and midwife densities may positively influence immunization coverage. However little is known about relationships between densities of human resources for health HRH and vaccination coverage within developing countries and over time. The present study examines HRH densities and coverage of the Expanded Programme on Immunization EPI in Turkey during the period 2000 to 2006. Methods The study is based on provincial-level data on HRH densities vaccination coverage and provincial socioeconomic and demographic characteristics published by the Turkish government. .
