Rebalancing brain drain: Exploring resource reallocation to address health worker migration and promote global health

Health Policy

Volumn 107, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 66-73

  Mackey, Timothy Ken ^a,b   Liang, Bryan Albert ^a,c  

^a CALIFORNIA WESTERN SCHOOL OF LAW   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain drain; Global health; Health equity; Health infrastructure; Health law; Health policy; Health systems; Health workers; Justice; Migration

Indexed keywords

ADOPTION; ARTICLE; BRAIN DRAIN; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; HEALTH MANPOWER; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; PERSONNEL SELECTION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; WORLD HEALTH; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84864842504     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: 18726054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2012.04.006     Document Type: Article

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