Open AccessToo Poor to Leave, Too Rich to Stay: Developmental and Global Health Correlates of Physician Migration to the United States, Canada, Australia, and the United Kingdom
Author(s) -
Onyebuchi A. Arah,
Uzor C. Ogbu,
CChukwudi E Okeke
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.2006.095844
Subject(s) - workforce , disadvantaged , public health , medicine , population , destinations , developing country , developed country , health policy , economic growth , political science , environmental health , nursing , tourism , law , economics
We analyzed the relationship between physician migration from developing source countries to more developed host countries (brain drain) and the developmental and global health profiles of source countries.