Brain drain: Do economic conditions “push” doctors out of developing countries?

Health worker migration is an issue of first order concern in global health policy circles and continues to be the subject of much policy debate. In this paper, we contribute to the discussion by studying the impact of economic conditions on the migration of physicians from developing countries. To...

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Published in:	Social science & medicine (1982) Vol. 98; pp. 169 - 178
Main Author:	Okeke, Edward N.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Kidlington Elsevier Ltd 01.12.2013 Elsevier Pergamon Press Inc
Subjects:	Africa South of the Sahara - ethnology Biological and medical sciences Brain Brain Drain Developing Countries Developing Countries - economics Doctors Economic change Economic Conditions Emigration and Immigration - statistics & numerical data Emigration and Immigration - trends Foreign Professional Personnel - statistics & numerical data GDP Gross Domestic Product Gross Domestic Product - statistics & numerical data Health Health care policy Health participants Health Policy Humans Impact analysis Knowledge LDCs Medical sciences Medical workers Migration Miscellaneous Models, Econometric Panel data Physicians Physicians - economics Physicians - psychology Public health. Hygiene Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine Specification Sub Saharan Africa United Kingdom United States Sub-Saharan Africa Africa United Kingdom > UK United States > US British Isles Physicians Migration Sub-Saharan Africa Human Health staff Physician Developing countries Social medicine Economic aspect Social aspect Public health
ISSN:	0277-9536, 1873-5347, 1873-5347
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