Open AccessHealth worker posting and transfer at primary level in Tamil Nadu: Governance of a complex health system function
Author(s) -
Surekha Garimella,
Kabir Sheikh
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of family medicine and primary care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2278-7135
pISSN - 2249-4863
DOI - 10.4103/2249-4863.197310
Subject(s) - medicine , health policy , health care , public relations , corporate governance , public health , public administration , nursing , economic growth , business , political science , economics , finance
Posting and transfer (PT) of health personnel - placing the right health workers in the right place at the right time - is a core function of any large-scale health service. In the context of government health services, this may be seen as a simple process of bureaucratic governance and implementation of the rule of law. However the literature from India and comparable low and middle-income country health systems suggests that in reality PT is a contested domain, driven by varied expressions of private and public interest throughout the chain of implementation.