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| Title |
Why do some physicians in Portuguese-speaking African countries work exclusively for the private sector? Findings from a mixed-methods study
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| Published in |
Human Resources for Health, September 2014
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| DOI | 10.1186/1478-4491-12-51 |
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| Authors |
Giuliano Russo, Bruno de Sousa, Mohsin Sidat, Paulo Ferrinho, Gilles Dussault |
| Abstract |
Despite the growing interest in the private health sector in low- and middle-income countries, little is known about physicians working outside the public sector. The present work adopts a mixed-methods approach to explore characteristics, working patterns, choices, and motivations of the physicians working exclusively for the private sector in the capital cities of Cape Verde, Guinea Bissau, and Mozambique. The paper's objective is to contribute to the understanding of such physicians, ultimately informing the policies regulating the medical profession in low- and middle-income countries. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 4 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 1 | 25% |
| Unknown | 3 | 75% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 2 | 50% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 25% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 25% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 85 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 1 | 1% |
| Portugal | 1 | 1% |
| Unknown | 83 | 98% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 18 | 21% |
| Researcher | 11 | 13% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 8 | 9% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 8 | 9% |
| Other | 4 | 5% |
| Other | 19 | 22% |
| Unknown | 17 | 20% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 28 | 33% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 8 | 9% |
| Business, Management and Accounting | 8 | 9% |
| Social Sciences | 8 | 9% |
| Psychology | 3 | 4% |
| Other | 11 | 13% |
| Unknown | 19 | 22% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 5. 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 26 January 2023.
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#6,929,769
of 25,374,647 outputs
Outputs from Human Resources for Health
#708
of 1,261 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#64,097
of 250,310 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Human Resources for Health
#11
of 24 outputs
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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 43rd percentile – i.e., 43% of its peers scored the same or lower than it.
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