Increasing access to health workers in remote and rural areas through improved retention global policy recommendations
Half the world's people currently live in rural and remote areas. The problem is that most health workers live and work in cities. This imbalance is common to almost all countries and poses a major challenge to the nationwide provision of health services. Its impact, however, is most severe in...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Geneva, Switzerland :
World Health Organization
c2010.
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| Edición: | 1st ed |
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009622333906719 |
| Sumario: | Half the world's people currently live in rural and remote areas. The problem is that most health workers live and work in cities. This imbalance is common to almost all countries and poses a major challenge to the nationwide provision of health services. Its impact, however, is most severe in low income countries. There are two reasons for this. One is that many of these countries already suffer from acute shortages of health workers - in all areas. The other is that the proportion of the population living in rural regions tends to be greater in poorer countries than in rich ones. The World H |
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| Notas: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (78 p.) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 69-72). |
| ISBN: | 9781282760912 9786612760914 9789240684959 |
