Rural retention of doctors graduating from the rural medical education project to increase rural doctors in Thailand: A cohort study

Human Resources for Health

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Pagaiya, Nonglak ^a   Kongkam, Lalitaya ^b   Sriratana, Sanya ^c  

^a Sirindhorn College of Public Health   (Thailand)

^b National Health Security Office   (Thailand)

^c MINISTRY OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Doctors; Human resources for health; Rural retention; Survival analysis

Indexed keywords

COHORT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; EVALUATION STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MALE; MANPOWER; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PHYSICIAN; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PUBLIC SECTOR; RURAL HEALTH CARE; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION; THAILAND; WORKPLACE;

CAREER CHOICE; COHORT STUDIES; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MALE; PERSONNEL TURNOVER; PHYSICIANS; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE LOCATION; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PUBLIC SECTOR; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; RURAL POPULATION; SEX FACTORS; THAILAND; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84924853030     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14784491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12960-015-0001-y     Document Type: Article

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