Designing financial-incentive programmes for return of medical service in underserved areas: Seven management functions

Human Resources for Health

Volumn 7, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Bärnighausen, Till ^a,b   Bloom, David E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

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EID: 68249158090     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14784491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1478-4491-7-52     Document Type: Review

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