The retention of health human resources in primary healthcare centers in Lebanon: A national survey

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Alameddine, Mohamad ^a   Saleh, Shadi ^a   El Jardali, Fadi ^a   Dimassi, Hani ^b   Mourad, Yara ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^b LEBANESE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Human resources; Lebanon; Primary healthcare; Professional burnout; Retention

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BURNOUT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; LEBANON; MALE; MANPOWER; MEDICAL PROFESSION; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SALARY AND FRINGE BENEFIT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH OCCUPATIONS; HEALTH RESOURCES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; LEBANON; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONNEL LOYALTY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SALARIES AND FRINGE BENEFITS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STAFF DEVELOPMENT;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84869866092     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-12-419     Document Type: Review

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