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ToolsSerneels, Pieter (2007) For public service or money: understanding geographical imbalances in the health workforce. Health Policy and Planning, 22 (3). pp. 128-138. ISSN 0268-1080
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Geographical imbalances in the health workforce have been a consistent feature of nearly all health systems, and especially in developing countries. In this paper we investigate the willingness to work in a rural area among final year nursing and medical students in Ethiopia. Analysing data obtained from contingent valuation questions for final year students from three medical schools and eight nursing schools, we find that there is substantial heterogeneity in the willingness to serve in rural areas. Using both ordinary least squares and maximum likelihood regression analysis, we find that household consumption and the student's motivation to help the poor are the main determinants of willingness to work in a rural area. We carry out a simulation on how much it would cost to get a target proportion of health workers to take up a rural post.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Additional Information: | mid:14067 dc:ueastatus:post-print formatted dc:ueahesastaffidentifier:0711176624229 |
| Faculty \ School: | Faculty of Social Sciences Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Global Development (formerly School of International Development) |
| UEA Research Groups: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Groups > Impact Evaluation Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Groups > Experimental Economics (former - to 2017) Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Centres > Centre for Behavioural and Experimental Social Sciences University of East Anglia Schools > Faculty of Science > Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research Faculty of Science > Research Centres > Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research |
| Depositing User: | Vishal Gautam |
| Date Deposited: | 01 Apr 2007 |
| Last Modified: | 28 Mar 2025 03:53 |
| URI: | https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/16379 |
| DOI: | 10.1093/heapol/czm005 |
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