Influences on the choice of health professionals to practise in rural areas : editorial

The shortage of health care professionals in rural areas is a global problem that poses a serious challenge to equitable health care delivery. Both developed and developing countries report geographically skewed distributions of health care professionals, favouring urban and wealthy areas, despite t...

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Published inSouth African medical journal Vol. 97; no. 11; pp. 1060 - 1062
Main Authors Couper, Ian, Reuter, Helmuth
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LanguageEnglish
Published Health and Medical Publishing Group (HMPG) 01.11.2007
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Abstract The shortage of health care professionals in rural areas is a global problem that poses a serious challenge to equitable health care delivery. Both developed and developing countries report geographically skewed distributions of health care professionals, favouring urban and wealthy areas, despite the fact that people in rural communities experience more health-related problems.
AbstractList The shortage of health care professionals in rural areas is a global problem that poses a serious challenge to equitable health care delivery. Both developed and developing countries report geographically skewed distributions of health care professionals, favouring urban and wealthy areas, despite the fact that people in rural communities experience more health-related problems.
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