For money or service? A cross-sectional survey of preference for financial versus non-financial rural practice characteristics among ghanaian medical students

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Johnson, Jennifer C ^a   Nakua, Emmanuel ^b   Dzodzomenyo, Mawuli ^c   Agyei Baffour, Peter ^b   Gyakobo, Mawuli ^c   Asabir, Kwesi ^d   Kwansah, Janet ^d   Kotha, S Rani ^a   Snow, Rachel C ^e   Kruk, Margaret E ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Ghana)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

^d MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Ghana)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^f Department of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

emigration; Ghana; human resources for health; medical doctors; rural incentives; rural practice

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; GHANA; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL STUDENT; MOTIVATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RURAL HEALTH CARE; SALARY AND FRINGE BENEFIT;

ADULT; CAREER CHOICE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GHANA; HUMANS; MALE; MOTIVATION; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; SALARIES AND FRINGE BENEFITS; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80155179411     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-11-300-22050704     Document Type: Article

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