The impact of economic factors on migration considerations among Icelandic specialist doctors: A cross-sectional study

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Solberg, Ingunn Bjarnadóttir ^a   Tómasson, Kristinn ^b   Aasland, Olaf ^c,d   Tyssen, Reidar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b Department of Research and Occupational Health Administration for Occupational Health and Safety   (Iceland)

^c Research Institute of the Norwegian Medical Association   (Norway)

^d Institute of Health and Society   (Norway)

Author keywords

Cost containment initiatives; Doctors' job satisfaction; Doctors' migration; Economic recession; Health care services; Iceland

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; COST CONTROL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECONOMIC RECESSION; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; ICELAND; INFORMATION PROCESSING; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MEDICINE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; PHYSICIAN; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; ARTICLE; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COST CONTROL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; ECONOMIC RECESSION; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; ICELAND; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MEDICINE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIANS;

EID: 84890319262     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-13-524     Document Type: Article

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