Staffing remote rural areas in middle- and low-income countries: A literature review of attraction and retention

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Lehmann, Uta ^a   Dieleman, Marjolein ^b   Martineau, Tim ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

^b ROYAL TROPICAL INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^c LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; RURAL AREA; DECISION MAKING; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; MANPOWER; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; REVIEW; RURAL HEALTH CARE;

CAREER CHOICE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HUMANS; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; PERSONNEL LOYALTY; PERSONNEL SELECTION; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE LOCATION; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 40149103312     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-8-19     Document Type: Article

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