Fig. 2.

Impact of changes in target coverage, resource utilization and case workload on mental health workforce shortage estimates in 58 low- and middle-income countries

FTE, full-time equivalent; LMICs, low-and-middle-income countries.

The vertical lines represent the range of values for the shortages found in the 58 LMICs analysed; the diamonds represent the average shortage. A negative value indicates a shortage.

^a Coverage 1: reduce treatment coverage rates for all disorders: schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, suicidal ideation and epilepsy (from 80% to 50%); dementia, use of opioids and use of other illicit drugs (from 50% to 40%); depression (from 33% to 25%); alcohol abuse (from 25% to 20%); paediatric disorders (from 20% to 10%).

^b Resource 1: increase the length of inpatient stay (acute and residential care) by 25%.

^c Resource 2: decrease the length of inpatient stay (acute and residential care) by 25%.

^d Resource 3: reduce the target coverage rate for outpatient services by 10%; increase the target coverage rate for primary-health-care services by 10%.

^e Efficiency 1: reduce daily outpatient consultation capacity by 20%.

^f Efficiency 2: increase daily outpatient consultation capacity by 20%.