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Table 5 Competency Needs by Discipline

From: A needs assessment for postgraduate training in selected public health disciplines: evidence from health services organisations in Lusaka, Zambia

Health Policy and Systems

Health Economics

Health Services Management and Planning

Policy analysis and planning (72%)

Monitoring and evaluating health programmes (72%)

Health systems research capacity (72%)

Implementing and managing programmes in Health systems (56%)

Managing change in health systems (53%)

Policy, politics and power (34%)

Health care financing (75%)

Economic evaluation of health programmes (75%)

Decision analytic modelling (59%)

Health economics research capacity (59%)

Understanding the health insurance markets (56%)

Measuring health system efficiency (53%)

Strategic management in Health programmes (69%)

Leadership and management in Health programmes (66%)

Implementing programmes in the health system (56%)