Recruitment and retention of health professionals across Europe: A literature review and multiple case study research

Health Policy

Volumn 119, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 1517-1528

  Kroezen, Marieke ^a   Dussault, Gilles ^b   Craveiro, Isabel ^b   Dieleman, Marjolein ^c   Jansen, Christel ^c   Buchan, James ^d,e   Barriball, Louise ^f   Rafferty, Anne Marie ^f   Bremner, Jeni ^g   Sermeus, Walter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b INSTITUTO DE HIGIENE E MEDICINA TROPICAL   (Portugal)

^c ROYAL TROPICAL INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^e QUEEN MARGARET UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^f KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^g European Health Management Association   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Europe; Health human resources; Health professionals; Literature review; Multiple case study; Recruitment and retention

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EUROPE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HOME CARE; HUMAN; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PUBLICATION; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; MEDICAL RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; EUROPE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDIES; PERSONNEL LOYALTY; PERSONNEL SELECTION;

EID: 84983187853     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: 18726054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2015.08.003     Document Type: Article

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