Retention strategies and interventions for health workers in rural and remote areas
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Evaluated strategies to increase attraction and retention of health workers in remote and rural areas.
The lack of health workers in remote and rural areas is a worldwide concern. Many countries have proposed and implemented interventions to address this issue, but very little is known about the effectiveness of such interventions and their sustainability in the long run. This paper provides an analysis of the effectiveness of interventions to attract and retain health workers in remote and rura...
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عنوان ژورنال: JBI Database of Systematic Reviews and Implementation Reports
سال: 2020
ISSN: 2202-4433
DOI: 10.11124/jbisrir-2017-004009