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| Title |
An economic perspective on Malawi's medical "brain drain"
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Globalization and Health, December 2006
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| DOI | 10.1186/1744-8603-2-12 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Richard Record, Abdu Mohiddin |
| Abstract |
The medical "brain drain" has been described as rich countries "looting" doctors and nurses from developing countries undermining their health systems and public health. However this "brain-drain" might also be seen as a success in the training and "export" of health professionals and the benefits this provides. This paper illustrates the arguments and possible policy options by focusing on the situation in one of the poorest countries in the world, Malawi. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 9 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 States | 1 | 11% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 11% |
| Canada | 1 | 11% |
| Ireland | 1 | 11% |
| Unknown | 5 | 56% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 6 | 67% |
| Scientists | 1 | 11% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 11% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 11% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 161 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 1 | <1% |
| Colombia | 1 | <1% |
| United States | 1 | <1% |
| Austria | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 157 | 98% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 23 | 14% |
| Lecturer | 22 | 14% |
| Student > Bachelor | 16 | 10% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 14 | 9% |
| Researcher | 13 | 8% |
| Other | 26 | 16% |
| Unknown | 47 | 29% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Nursing and Health Professions | 39 | 24% |
| Social Sciences | 27 | 17% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 19 | 12% |
| Economics, Econometrics and Finance | 7 | 4% |
| Business, Management and Accounting | 4 | 2% |
| Other | 11 | 7% |
| Unknown | 54 | 34% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 16. 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 22 September 2023.
All research outputs
#2,274,664
of 25,530,891 outputs
Outputs from Globalization and Health
#383
of 1,232 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#7,196
of 168,504 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Globalization and Health
#1
of 2 outputs
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