The use of specialty training to retain doctors in Malawi: A discrete choice experiment

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 169, Issue , 2016, Pages 109-118

  Mandeville, Kate L ^a   Ulaya, Godwin ^b   Lagarde, Mylène ^a,e   Muula, Adamson S ^c   Dzowela, Titha ^d,f   Hanson, Kara ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b Johns Hopkins Project   (Malawi)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

^d MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Malawi)

^e LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^f Malawi Ministry of Health   (Malawi)

Author keywords

Discrete choice experiment; Human resources for health; Malawi; Physician; Specialization; Stated preferences

Indexed keywords

DISCRETE CHOICE ANALYSIS; HEALTH WORKER; HUMAN RESOURCE; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; TRAINING;

GENERAL SURGERY; GYNECOLOGY; HUMAN; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MALAWI; MODEL; OBSTETRICS; OPHTHALMOLOGY; PEDIATRICS; PHYSICIAN; POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION; SALARY; SPECIALIZATION; ADULT; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION; EPIDEMIOLOGIST; FEMALE; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICINE; MIGRATION; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SALARY AND FRINGE BENEFIT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION; TIME FACTOR; TRENDS;

MALAWI;

ADULT; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; EPIDEMIOLOGISTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; MALAWI; MALE; MEDICINE; PHYSICIANS; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SALARIES AND FRINGE BENEFITS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84991773676     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2016.09.034     Document Type: Article

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