Dual job holding by public sector health professionals in highly resource-constrained settings: Problem or solution?

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 83, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 771-776

  Jan, Stephen ^a   Bian, Ying ^b   Jumpa, Manuel ^c   Meng, Qingyue ^b   Nyazema, Norman ^d   Prakongsai, Phusit ^e   Mills, Anne ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b SHANDONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^c UNIVERSIDAD PERUANA CAYETANO HEREDIA   (Peru)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LIMPOPO   (South Africa)

^e International Health Policy Program   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Developing countries; Health manpower; Health policy; Motivation; Physician incentive plans; Physician's practice patterns legislation; Private sector; Professional practice legislation; Public sector; Quality assurance, Health care

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH WORKER; PUBLIC SECTOR;

AUTOREGULATION; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; MEDICAL PROFESSION; PHYSICIAN INCOME; POLICY; REVIEW;

CAREER MOBILITY; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HEALTH MANPOWER; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; PUBLIC SECTOR; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 26944460844     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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