title: An international call to arms to improve allied health workforce planning.
abstract: Although the funding and organization of the health care systems in the United States and England are quite different, there are striking similarities in the allied health workforce planning challenges facing the two countries. This paper identifies some common issues facing workforce policy-makers in both countries and suggests key next steps to enhance workforce research and planning in both countries, including the creation of a national minimum data set for allied health professions.
authors.affiliation: Cecil G Sheps Center for Health Services Research, Department of Surgery and Family Medicine at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA. fraher@schsr.unc.edu
authors.forename: Erin P
authors.initials: EP
authors.lastname: Fraher
mesh_terms: D000488:Allied Health Personnel; D004739:England; D006285:Health Planning / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006291:Health Policy; D006801:Humans; D038622:Internationality; D014481:United States