Managing in- and out-migration of health workforce in selected countries in south East Asia region

International Journal of Health Policy and Management

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2018, Pages 137-143

  Tangcharoensathien, Viroj ^a   Travis, Phyllida ^b   Tancarino, Achmad Soebagjo ^c   Sawaengdee, Krisada ^a   Chhoedon, Yanchen ^d   Hassan, Safeenaz ^e   Pudpong, Nareerut ^f  

^a MINISTRY OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Thailand)

^b WHO South East Asia Region ^*  (India)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Indonesia)

^d Ministry of Health   (Bhutan)

^e Ministry of Health Maldives   (Maldives)

^f Healthcare Accreditation Institute (Public Organization)   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Asia; Health workforce; In Migration; International; Management; Out Migration; Recruitment

Indexed keywords

ASIA; FOREIGN WORKER; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MIGRATION; NURSE; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PHYSICIAN; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ASIA; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FOREIGN PROFESSIONAL PERSONNEL; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; NURSES; PERSONNEL SELECTION; PHYSICIANS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 85041558585     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23225939     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15171/ijhpm.2017.49     Document Type: Article

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