Monitoring inequalities in the health workforce: The case study of brazil 1991-2005

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Sousa, Angelica ^a,b   Dal Poz, Mario R ^a,c   Carvalho, Cristiana Leite ^d  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b HARVARD CENTER FOR POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT STUDIES   (United States)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^d PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; MEDICAL STAFF; NURSE; PERSONNEL SHORTAGE; PHYSICIAN; POVERTY; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; RURAL AREA; SOCIOECONOMICS; URBAN AREA; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE MANPOWER; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MANPOWER; RURAL HEALTH CARE; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

BRAZIL; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH MANPOWER; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; POVERTY; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84858954140     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0033399     Document Type: Article

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