Cameroon public health sector: Shortage and inequalities in geographic distribution of health personnel

International Journal for Equity in Health

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Tandi, Tinyami Erick ^a,b,c   Cho, Yongmin ^a   Akam, Aba Jean Cluade ^b   Afoh, Chick Ofilia ^b   Ryu, Seung Hun ^a   Choi, Min Seok ^a   Kim, Kyunghee ^a   Choi, Jae Wook ^a,c  

^a Korea University   (South Korea)

^b Ministry of Health   (Cameroon)

^c Korea University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Alternative indicators; Availability; Cameroon; Distribution; Health workforce; Inequalities

Indexed keywords

DISEASE PREVALENCE; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES; PUBLIC HEALTH; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAMEROON; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INFANT MORTALITY; MALARIA; MALE; MOTIVATION; NURSE; PERSONNEL SHORTAGE; PHYSICIAN; POPULATION DENSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEX RATIO; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE MANPOWER; POPULATION RESEARCH; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TOPOGRAPHY;

CAMEROON;

ADULT; CAMEROON; CENSUSES; FEMALE; HEALTH MANPOWER; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; PUBLIC HEALTH; TOPOGRAPHY, MEDICAL;

EID: 84930666438     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14759276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12939-015-0172-0     Document Type: Article

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