Open AccessAttracting doctors to rural areas: A case study of the post-graduate seat reservation scheme in Andhra Pradesh
Author(s) -
Zubin Cyrus Shroff,
Seema Murthy,
Krishna D. Rao
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
indian journal of community medicine/indian journal of community medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.375
H-Index - 32
eISSN - 1998-3581
pISSN - 0970-0218
DOI - 10.4103/0970-0218.106624
Subject(s) - reservation , government (linguistics) , business , incentive , service (business) , welfare , quality (philosophy) , rural area , health care , enforcement , economic growth , medicine , marketing , political science , economics , philosophy , linguistics , pathology , law , microeconomics , epistemology
Attracting doctors to rural posts is an ongoing challenge for health departments across different states in India. One strategy adopted by several states to make rural service attractive for medical graduates is to reserve post-graduate (PG) seats in medical colleges for doctors serving in the public sector.