Physician migration: Views from professionals in Colombia, Nigeria, India, Pakistan and the Philippines

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 61, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 2492-2500

  Astor, Avraham ^a   Akhtar, Tasleem ^b   Matallana, María Alexandra ^c   Muthuswamy, Vasantha ^d   Olowu, Folarin A ^e   Tallo, Veronica ^f   Lie, Reidar K ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b Pakistan Medical Research Council   (Pakistan)

^c PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD JAVERIANA   (Colombia)

^d INDIAN COUNCIL OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (India)

^e Intellfit Africa Training Center   (Nigeria)

^f Department of Health   (Philippines)

Author keywords

Columbia; Developing countries; Health policy; India; Nigeria; Pakistan; Physician migration; The Philippines

Indexed keywords

MIGRATION;

COLOMBIA; DATA ANALYSIS; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; INDIA; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MIGRATION; NIGERIA; PAKISTAN; PHILIPPINES; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PHYSICIAN INCOME; REVIEW;

EID: 27644532653     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2005.05.003     Document Type: Article

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