A technical framework for costing health workforce retention schemes in remote and rural areas

Human Resources for Health

Volumn 9, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Zurn, Pascal ^a   Vujicic, Marko ^b   Lemière, Christophe ^b   Juquois, Maud ^b   Stormont, Laura ^a   Campbell, Jim ^c   Rutten, Martine ^d   Braichet, Jean Marc ^a  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b WORLD BANK   (United States)

^c ICS Instituto de Cooperación Social Integrare   (Spain)

^d WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 79953658519     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14784491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1478-4491-9-8     Document Type: Article

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