Interventions to reduce emigration of health care professionals from low- and middle-income countries

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2011, Issue 9, 2011, Pages

  Peñaloza, Blanca ^a   Pantoja, Tomas ^a   Bastías, Gabriel ^a   Herrera, Cristian A ^a   Rada, Gabriel ^a  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; IMMIGRATION; LOW INCOME COUNTRY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRY; NURSE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHILIPPINES; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UNITED STATES; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; LEGAL ASPECT; MIGRATION; STATISTICS;

DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; NURSES; PHILIPPINES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80055098309     PISSN: 14651858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD007673.pub2     Document Type: Review

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