Uses of population census data for monitoring geographical imbalance in the health workforce: Snapshots from three developing countries

International Journal for Equity in Health

Volumn 2, Issue , 2003, Pages 1-12

  Gupta, Neeru ^a   Zurn, Pascal ^a   Diallo, Khassoum ^a   Dal Poz, Mario R ^a  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH STATISTICS; KENYA; MEDICAL PROFESSION; MEXICO; MIDWIFE; NURSING; POPULATION DENSITY; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION; VIET NAM; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HUMAN; MONITORING; POPULATION;

EID: 3042707148     PISSN: 14759276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-9276-2-1     Document Type: Article

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