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Published in: BMC Proceedings 5/2012

Open Access 01-09-2012 | Oral presentation

How to attract health workers to rural areas? Findings from a Discrete Choice Experiment in India

Author: Krishna D Rao

Published in: BMC Proceedings | Special Issue 5/2012

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India’s success in attaining universal health coverage will critically depend on its health system’s ability to deliver clinical services in rural areas. So far, attempts to increase rural recruitment of doctors through incentives or compulsion have been unsuccessful. In 2010, we conducted a Discrete Choice Experiment (DCE) in the states of Uttarakhand and Andhra Pradesh to understand what health departments could do to make rural service attractive for doctors and nurses. Specifically, we wanted to: (a) examine the effect of monetary and non-monetary incentives on job choices and (b) develop incentive ‘packages’ with a focus on jobs in rural areas. …
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Title
How to attract health workers to rural areas? Findings from a Discrete Choice Experiment in India
Author
Krishna D Rao
Publication date
01-09-2012
Publisher
BioMed Central
Published in
BMC Proceedings / Issue Special Issue 5/2012
Electronic ISSN: 1753-6561
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/1753-6561-6-S5-O1

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