Background Policy makers face challenges to ensure an appropriate supply and distribution
of trained health workers and to manage their performance in delivery of services, especially
in countries with low and middle incomes. We aimed to identify all available policy options to
address human resources for health in such countries, and to assess the effectiveness of
these policy options. Methods We searched Medline and Embase from 1979 to September,
2006, the Cochrane Library, and the Human Resources for Health Global Resource Center …