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Challenges in Recruitment of Doctors by Government

This note describes some of the problems found in recruiting new doctors to the government health care system, drawing on the recent experiences in three cases: the Central Health Service (CHS), the Uttar Pradesh (UP) government health care system...

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Main Authors: Raha, Shomikho, Berman, Peter, Rao, Krishna D.
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, New Delhi 2013
Subjects:
ARC
COMMUNITY HEALTH
DISTRICTS
DOCTOR
DOCTORS
EMPLOYMENT
FORENSIC MEDICINE
GI
GYNECOLOGY
HEALTH CARE
HEALTH CARE DELIVERY
HEALTH FACILITIES
HEALTH POLICY
HEALTH REFORM
HEALTH SERVICE
HEALTH SYSTEM
HEALTH SYSTEMS
HEALTH WORKERS
HEALTH WORKFORCE
HR
HUMAN RESOURCES
INCENTIVE SCHEMES
INCOME
MEDICAL OFFICERS
MEDICAL SERVICES
MEDICINE
NUTRITION
OBSTETRICS
ORT
PATHOLOGY
PATIENTS
PHYSICIAN
PHYSICIANS
PHYSIOLOGY
PUBLIC HEALTH
RURAL AREA
SPECIALIST
SPECIALISTS
SURGEONS
WORK FORCE
WORKERS
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2009/08/16434386/india-challenges-recruitment-doctors-government
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/12772
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Summary:This note describes some of the problems found in recruiting new doctors to the government health care system, drawing on the recent experiences in three cases: the Central Health Service (CHS), the Uttar Pradesh (UP) government health care system and Tamil Nadu government health care system. In comparing the different experiences of recruitment in the three cases, the policy note highlights institutional issues and the incentives built into an employment package as important for further consideration in the aim to scale up the numbers of government doctors.

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