A systematic review of strategies to recruit and retain primary care doctors

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Verma, Puja ^a   Ford, John A ^a   Stuart, Arabella ^a   Howe, Amanda ^a   Everington, Sam ^b   Steel, Nicholas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b Mile End Hospital   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Primary care; Recruitment; Retention; Systematic review; Workforce

Indexed keywords

CASE MANAGER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA EXTRACTION; EMBASE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MARKETING; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; PEER GROUP; PHYSICIAN; POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT; PUBLICATION; RURAL AREA; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; WELLBEING; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; MALE; MEDICAL STUDENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RURAL HEALTH CARE;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERSONNEL LOYALTY; PERSONNEL SELECTION; PHYSICIANS, PRIMARY CARE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 84964510017     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12913-016-1370-1     Document Type: Article

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