Low wages and brain drain: an alert from Peru

The Lancet

Volumn 371, Issue 9624, 2008, Pages 1577-

  Mayta Tristán, Percy ^a,b   Dulanto Pizzorni, Andrés ^b   Miranda, J Jaime ^c  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD   (Peru)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL MAYOR DE SAN MARCOS   (Peru)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPED COUNTRY; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; LETTER; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MIGRATION; PERU; PHYSICIAN INCOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALARY;

EID: 43049133555     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(08)60685-6     Document Type: Letter

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