The metrics and correlates of physician migration from Africa

BMC Public Health

Volumn 7, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Arah, Onyebuchi A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ARTICLE; BIRTH; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; METRIC SYSTEM; MIGRATION; PHYSICIAN; POPULATION; WORK CAPACITY; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ETHNOLOGY; FOREIGN WORKER; FRANCE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE MANPOWER; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; NORTH AMERICA; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

AFRICA; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FOREIGN MEDICAL GRADUATES; FRANCE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH MANPOWER; HEALTH PLANNING; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL AGENCIES; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 34249819387     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-7-83     Document Type: Article

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