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| Title |
Not enough there, too many here: understanding geographical imbalances in the distribution of the health workforce
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| Published in |
Human Resources for Health, May 2006
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| DOI | 10.1186/1478-4491-4-12 |
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| Authors |
Gilles Dussault, Maria Cristina Franceschini |
| Abstract |
Access to good-quality health services is crucial for the improvement of many health outcomes, such as those targeted by the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) adopted by the international community in 2000. The health-related MDGs cannot be achieved if vulnerable populations do not have access to skilled personnel and to other necessary inputs. This paper focuses on the geographical dimension of access and on one of its critical determinants: the availability of qualified personnel. The objective of this paper is to offer a better understanding of the determinants of geographical imbalances in the distribution of health personnel, and to identify and assess the strategies developed to correct them. It reviews the recent literature on determinants, barriers and the effects of strategies that attempted to correct geographical imbalances, with a focus on empirical studies from developing and developed countries. An analysis of determinants of success and failures of strategies implemented, and a summary of lessons learnt, is included. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 1 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 748 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | <1% |
| United Kingdom | 3 | <1% |
| Brazil | 2 | <1% |
| Japan | 2 | <1% |
| Argentina | 2 | <1% |
| India | 2 | <1% |
| Uganda | 1 | <1% |
| Ghana | 1 | <1% |
| Switzerland | 1 | <1% |
| Other | 6 | <1% |
| Unknown | 725 | 97% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 168 | 22% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 76 | 10% |
| Researcher | 71 | 9% |
| Student > Bachelor | 62 | 8% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 46 | 6% |
| Other | 157 | 21% |
| Unknown | 168 | 22% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 216 | 29% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 120 | 16% |
| Social Sciences | 87 | 12% |
| Business, Management and Accounting | 24 | 3% |
| Economics, Econometrics and Finance | 23 | 3% |
| Other | 92 | 12% |
| Unknown | 186 | 25% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 6. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 30 August 2019.
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#627
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#14,921
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So far Altmetric has tracked 1,261 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 13.3. This one is in the 48th percentile – i.e., 48% of its peers scored the same or lower than it.
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