Geographic Imbalances in Doctor Supply and Policy Responses
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Abstract
Doctors are distributed unequally across different regions in virtually all OECD countries, and this causes concern about how to continue to ensure access to health services everywhere. In particular access to services in rural regions is the focus of attention of policymakers, although in some countries, poor urban and sub-urban regions pose a challenge as well. Despite numerous efforts this mal-distribution of physician supply persists. This working paper first examines the drivers of the location choice of physicians, and second, it examines policy responses in a number of OECD countries...
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The record
- Venue
- OECD health working papers
- Topic
- Global Health Workforce Issues
- Field
- Health Professions
- Canadian institutions
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- Funders
- Health CanadaBundesministerium für GesundheitMinisteriet Sundhed ForebyggelseAn Roinn SláinteMinistère des Affaires Sociales et de la SantéNHS Health Scotland
- Keywords
- BusinessEconomic geographyGeographyData scienceComputer science
- Has abstract in OpenAlex
- yes