Migration of South African health workers: The extent to which financial considerations influence internal flows and external movements

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  George, Gavin ^a   Atujuna, Millicent ^a   Gow, Jeff ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Health workers; Migration; Occupational specific dispensation; Public health sector; South Africa

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE MANPOWER; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MIGRANT; PSYCHOLOGY; SALARY AND FRINGE BENEFIT; SOUTH AFRICA; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; ARTICLE; MIGRATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICS;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HEALTH MANPOWER; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MALE; SALARIES AND FRINGE BENEFITS; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84880975795     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-13-297     Document Type: Article

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