For more than love or money: Attitudes of student and in-service health workers towards rural service in India

Human Resources for Health

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Ramani, Sudha ^a   Rao, Krishna D ^b   Ryan, Mandy ^c   Vujicic, Marko ^d   Berman, Peter ^e  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH FOUNDATION OF INDIA   (India)

^b Public Health Foundation of IndiaISID Campus ^*  (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^d WORLD BANK   (United States)

^e HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Human resources; Incentives; India; Primary healthcare; Rural recruitment; Rural retention

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; MANPOWER; MEDICAL STUDENT; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POLICY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL HEALTH CARE; SALARY AND FRINGE BENEFIT; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CAREER CHOICE; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; PRIVATE SECTOR; PUBLIC SECTOR; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; SALARIES AND FRINGE BENEFITS; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84887945572     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14784491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1478-4491-11-58     Document Type: Article

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