Early implementation of WHO recommendations for the retention of health workers in remote and rural areas;La aplicación temprana de las recomendaciones de la OMS para la conservación del personal sanitario en zonas rurales y remotas

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 91, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 834-840

  Buchan, James ^a   Couper, Ian D ^b   Tangcharoensathien, Viroj ^c   Thepannya, Khampasong ^d   Jaskiewicz, Wanda ^e   Perfilievaf, Galina ^f   Dolea, Carmen ^f  

^a QUEEN MARGARET UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c MINISTRY OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Thailand)

^d Ministry of Health   (Laos)

^e SONATEL Lot R73   (United States)

^f WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH WORKER; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; RURAL AREA; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ARTICLE; ASIA; BULGARIA; CHINA; EUROPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH CARE MANPOWER; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; JOB ADAPTATION; LAOS; MACEDONIA (REPUBLIC); MOLDOVA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RURAL AREA; SOUTH AFRICA; SRI LANKA; TAJIKISTAN; THAILAND; UKRAINE; VIET NAM; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ECONOMICS; EDUCATION; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICE; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; POLICY; RURAL HEALTH CARE;

EUROPE; LAOS; SOUTH AFRICA;

GLOBAL HEALTH; HEALTH MANPOWER; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; LAOS; PERSONNEL SELECTION; POLICY; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; SOUTH AFRICA; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84887014273     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: 15640604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2471/BLT.13.119008     Document Type: Article

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