First- and fifth-year medical students' intention for emigration and practice abroad: A case study of Serbia

Health Policy

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 173-183

  Santric Milicevic, Milena M ^a   Terzic Supic, Zorica J ^a   Matejic, Bojana R ^a   Vasic, Vladimir ^a   Ricketts, Thomas C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Emigration; Human resources; Intention; Medical students; Motivation; Salaries and fringe benefits; Serbia

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL STUDENT; MIGRATION; MOTIVATION; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; SALARY; SALARY AND FRINGE BENEFIT; SERBIA; SPECIALIZATION; STATISTICS; UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT; WORK ENVIRONMENT; BEHAVIOR; FOREIGN MEDICAL GRADUATE; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; FOREIGN MEDICAL GRADUATES; HUMANS; INTENTION; MALE; SERBIA; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84922535156     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: 18726054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2014.09.018     Document Type: Article

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