Differences in preferences for rural job postings between nursing students and practicing nurses: Evidence from a discrete choice experiment in Lao People's Democratic Republic

Human Resources for Health

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Rockers, Peter C ^a   Jaskiewicz, Wanda ^b   Kruk, Margaret E ^c   Phathammavong, Outavong ^d   Vangkonevilay, Phouthone ^e   Paphassarang, Chanthakhath ^e   Phachanh, Inpong Thong ^e   Wurts, Laura ^b   Tulenko, Kate ^b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b SONATEL Lot R73   (United States)

^c Department of Medicine   (United States)

^d WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^e Lao People's Democratic Republic Ministry of Health   (Laos)

Author keywords

Attraction; Discrete choice experiment; Human resources for health; Laos People's Democratic Republic; Nursing; Retention

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878010429     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14784491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1478-4491-11-22     Document Type: Article

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