Brain drain and health workforce distortions in Mozambique

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Sherr, Kenneth ^a   Mussa, Antonio ^b   Chilundo, Baltazar ^c   Gimbel, Sarah ^a   Pfeiffer, James ^a   Hagopian, Amy ^a   Gloyd, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b Mozambique Ministry of Health   (Mozambique)

^c EDUARDO MONDLANE UNIVERSITY   (Mozambique)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAREER PLANNING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPLOYER; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; JOB FINDING; MALE; MANAGER; MIGRATION; MOZAMBIQUE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PERSONNEL SHORTAGE; PHYSICIAN; POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SPECIALIZATION; TREND STUDY; WORK EXPERIENCE; HEALTH CARE MANPOWER; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; INCOME; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; STATISTICS;

EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; HEALTH MANPOWER; HUMANS; INCOME; MOZAMBIQUE; PRIVATE SECTOR; PUBLIC SECTOR; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84860467712     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0035840     Document Type: Article

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