Developing a competitive advantage: Considerations from Australia for the recruitment and retention of rural and remote primary health workers

Australian Journal of Primary Health

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 106-112

  Allan, Julaine ^a,b   Ball, Patrick ^a,c  

^a CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Rural Pharmacy   (Australia)

Author keywords

Human resources; Interdisciplinary collaboration; Recruitment; Retention; Rural health workforce

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REVIEW; RURAL AREA;

EID: 42149088259     PISSN: 14487527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/PY08014     Document Type: Review

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