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Increasing access to health workers in remote and rural areas through improved retention : global policy recommendations.

"Half the world's people currently live in rural and remote areas. The problem is that most health workers live and work in cities. This imbalance is common to almost all countries and poses a major challenge to the nationwide provision of health services. Its impact, however, is most seve...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: World Health Organization
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Geneva, Switzerland : World Health Organization, ©2010.
Colección:Online access: NCBI NCBI Bookshelf.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Principles to guide the formulation of national policies to improve retention of health workers in remote and rural areas
  • 3. Evidence-based recommendations to improve attraction, recruitment and retention of health workers in remote and rural areas
  • 4. Measuring results: how to select, implement and evaluate rural retention policies
  • 5. Research gaps and research agenda
  • 6. Deciding on the strength of the recommendations
  • Methodology
  • List of participants
  • References.