| Title |
Understanding the factors influencing health-worker employment decisions in South Africa
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Human Resources for Health, April 2013
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| DOI | 10.1186/1478-4491-11-15 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Gavin George, Jeff Gow, Shaneel Bachoo |
| Abstract |
The provision of health care in South Africa has been compromised by the loss of trained health workers (HWs) over the past 20 years. The public-sector workforce is overburdened. There is a large disparity in service levels and workloads between the private and public sectors. There is little knowledge about the nonfinancial factors that influence HWs choice of employer (public, private or nongovernmental organization) or their choice of work location (urban, rural or overseas). This area is under-researched and this paper aims to fill these gaps in the literature. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 3 | 33% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 11% |
| Switzerland | 1 | 11% |
| Netherlands | 1 | 11% |
| Unknown | 3 | 33% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 6 | 67% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 11% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 11% |
| Scientists | 1 | 11% |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 1 | <1% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | <1% |
| United States | 1 | <1% |
| South Africa | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 142 | 97% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 44 | 30% |
| Researcher | 24 | 16% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 11 | 8% |
| Student > Bachelor | 11 | 8% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 9 | 6% |
| Other | 31 | 21% |
| Unknown | 16 | 11% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 55 | 38% |
| Social Sciences | 20 | 14% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 16 | 11% |
| Business, Management and Accounting | 14 | 10% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 7 | 5% |
| Other | 15 | 10% |
| Unknown | 19 | 13% |
Attention Score in Context
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