An economic perspective on Malawi's medical "brain drain"

Globalization and Health

Volumn 2, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Record, Richard ^a   Mohiddin, Abdu ^b  

^a Ministry of Industry Trade and Private Sector Development   (Malawi)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; MALAWI; MEDICAL STAFF; MIGRATION; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SALARY;

EID: 33846695239     PISSN: 17448603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1744-8603-2-12     Document Type: Article

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