Assessment of factors influencing retention in the Philippine National Rural Physician Deployment Program

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Leonardia, Juan Alfonso ^a,b   Prytherch, Helen ^a   Ronquillo, Kenneth ^c   Nodora, Rodel G ^d   Ruppel, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GIZ GmbH   (Philippines)

^c DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (Philippines)

^d WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Developing countries; Health personnel; Job satisfaction; Retention; Rural health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAREER MOBILITY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MANPOWER; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PHILIPPINES; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL HEALTH CARE; RURAL POPULATION; SATISFACTION; STATISTICS; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; CAREER CHOICE; CAREER MOBILITY; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PERSONNEL DELEGATION; PERSONNEL LOYALTY; PHILIPPINES; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE LOCATION; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84869190999     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-12-411     Document Type: Article

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