Stated Preferences of Doctors for Choosing a Job in Rural Areas of Peru: A Discrete Choice Experiment

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2012, Pages

  Miranda, J Jaime ^a,b   Diez Canseco, Francisco ^a   Lema, Claudia ^c   Lescano, Andrés G ^b,d   Lagarde, Mylene ^e   Blaauw, Duane ^f   Huicho, Luis ^a,b,g,h  

^a CRONICAS CENTER OF EXCELLENCE IN CHRONIC DISEASES   (Peru)

^b UNIVERSIDAD PERUANA CAYETANO HEREDIA   (Peru)

^c Salud Sin Limites Peru   (Peru)

^d California   (Peru)

^e LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^g UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL MAYOR DE SAN MARCOS   (Peru)

^h INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD DEL NIÑO   (Peru)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTINUING EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PERU; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PLACE PREFERENCE; RURAL AREA; SALARY; SPECIALIZATION; URBAN AREA; WORKPLACE;

CAREER CHOICE; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; PERU; PHYSICIANS; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE LOCATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 84871312922     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0050567     Document Type: Article

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