Foreign-born health workers in Australia: An analysis of census data

Human Resources for Health

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Negin, Joel ^a   Rozea, Aneuryn ^a   Cloyd, Ben ^b   Martiniuk, Alexandra L C ^a,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c GEORGE INSTITUTE FOR GLOBAL HEALTH   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Australia; Doctors; Health workforce; Migration; Nurses

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; FOREIGN WORKER; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; MANPOWER; POPULATION RESEARCH;

AUSTRALIA; CENSUSES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FOREIGN MEDICAL GRADUATES; HUMANS;

EID: 84891357907     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14784491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1478-4491-11-69     Document Type: Article

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