Aid, restitution and international fiscal redistribution in health care: Implications of health professionals' migration

Journal of International Development

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 757-770

  Mackintosh, Maureen M ^a   Mensah, Kwadwo ^b   Henry, Leroi ^a   Rowson, Michael ^b  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Aid; Doctors; Health inequality; Migration; Nurses; Redistribution; Restitution

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENT AID; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH WORKER; LABOR MIGRATION;

AFRICA; EURASIA; EUROPE; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33747448285     PISSN: 09541748     EISSN: 10991328     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jid.1312     Document Type: Conference Paper

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