Indian approaches to retaining skilled health workers in rural areas
PROBLEM: The lack of skilled service providers in rural areas of India has emerged as the most important constraint in achieving universal health care. India has about 1.4 million medical practitioners, 74% of whom live in urban areas where they serve only 28% of the population, while the rural popu...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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The World Health Organization
2011-01-01
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| Series: | Bulletin of the World Health Organization |
| Online Access: | http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0042-96862011000100016&lng=en&tlng=en |