What interventions do rural doctors think will increase recruitment in rural areas: A survey of 2778 health workers in Beijing

Human Resources for Health

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Wang, Jinwen ^a   Su, Jianglian ^a   Zuo, Huijuan ^a   Jia, Mingyan ^b   Zeng, Zhechun ^a  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Beijing Association of Medical Education   (China)

Author keywords

Human resources; Recruitment; Rural doctor

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHINA; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMICS; EVALUATION STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PENSION; PHYSICIAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL HEALTH CARE; STATISTICS; YOUNG ADULT; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CAREER CHOICE; CHINA; ECONOMICS; EVALUATION STUDIES AS TOPIC; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PENSIONS; PHYSICIANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84882407898     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14784491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1478-4491-11-40     Document Type: Article

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