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The “Brain Drain” of Health Care Workers

Causes, Solutions and the Example of Jamaica

Bibliographic Data

ID8900652
AuthorsAïsha Lofters (0000-0002-7322-0894, St. Michael's Hospital, corresponding author), Aisha K Lofters
Year2012
Volume103
Issue5
Pagese376-e378
Publication date2012-09-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueCanadian Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0008-4263 • E-ISSN: 1920-7476
PublisherSpringer Science+Business Media (PUBLISHER • DE)
DOI10.1007/bf03404445
PMID23617992
OpenAlexW1539482019
LanguageEN
Citations received6
References cited11

Brain drain · Business · Developed country · Developing country · Development economics · Economic growth · Economic shortage · Economics · Environmental health · Health care · Population · Global Health and Surgery · Global Health Workforce Issues · Global Maternal and Child Health · Medicine

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    Open Access•Dilaver Tengilimoğlu, Elif Eşiyok Barut et al.•Health Care Analysis•2026

  • Do international medical graduates’ recruitment policies help to overcome healthcare shortage areas in developed countries? A systematic review

    Open Access•Loup Beduchaud, Enoa Celingant et al.•Health Policy•2024

  • Medical tourism's impacts on health worker migration in the Caribbean

    Open Access•Jeremy Snyder, Valorie A Crooks et al.•Global Health Action•2015

  • Governance systems for skilled health worker migration, their public value and competing priorities

    Open Access•Kenneth Yakubu, Andrea Durbach et al.•Global Health Action•2022

  • Social-ecological factors associated with having a regular healthcare provider among lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender persons in Jamaica

    Open Access•Ashley Lacombe-Duncan, Carmen H Logie et al.•Global Public Health•2021

  • African and Caribbean Nurses’ Decisions about HIV Testing

    Open Access•Jean Harrowing, Nancy Edwards et al.•AIDS and Behavior•2017

  • The Metrics of the Physician Brain Drain

    Fitzhugh Mullan•New England Journal of Medicine•2005

  • Sub-Saharan Africa

    Open Access•John Connell, Pascal Zurn et al.•Social Science & Medicine•2007

Unique citing works6
Citations per year0,55
Citation span2015 - 2026 (12)
Citation velocitycurrent
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 6
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