Background and purpose Despite efforts to provide comprehensive health care services and
reduce inequalities, most developed countries face serious challenges in achieving …

Objective To identify and assess the drivers and barriers to recruiting and retaining doctors
in rural communities of high‐income countries. Design A systematic review and thematic …

Japan's health indices such as life expectancy at birth are among the best in the world.
However, at 8· 5% the proportion of gross domestic product spent on health is 20th among …

The geographical imbalance of the health workforce in Tanzania represents a serious
problem when it comes to delivering crucial health services to a large share of the …

背景2010 年我国农村订单定向医学生免费培养工作启动, 旨在为农村地区培养具备本科学历的
全科医生, 改善农村地区基层医师匮乏的状况. 2018 年首批农村订单定向医学生返回乡镇卫生院 …

The international migration of health workers has been described by Nelson Mandela as the
poaching of desperately needed skills from under-privileged regions. This book examines …

Background Contemporary approaches to rural generalist medicine training and models of
care are developing internationally as part of an integrated response to common challenges …

Background Japan has the most CT and MRI scanners per unit population in the world;
however, the geographic distribution of these technologies is currently unknown. Moreover …

Context: The number of studies on long‐term effects of rural medical education programs is
limited. Personal factors that are associated with long‐term retention of physicians in rural …

Shortage of healthcare workers is a global problem. It is important to clarify factors, including
job stress, that influence workplace resignation and factors that cause burnout among rural …