Economics of health professional education and careers : insights from a literature review / / Barbara McPake [and three others]

• Autore: McPake Barbara
• Pubblicazione: Washington, DC : , : World Bank Group, , [2015]; ©2015
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (89 p.)
• Soggetto topico: Medical personnel - Economic conditions - 21st century; Medical education - Economic aspects; Medical policy
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: "A World Bank study."
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Front Cover ; Contents; Acknowledgments; Executive Summary; Abbreviation; Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 Historical Trends and Globalization; Chapter 3 Specialty Choice among Health Professionals and Its Health Labor Market Determinants; Trends in Specialty Preference; Student Characteristics; Specialty Characteristics; School Characteristics; Notes; Chapter 4 The Value of Health Professional Education; Alternative Cadres; Estimated Rates of Return to Health Professional Education; Chapter 5 The Market for Health Professional Education ; Linked Markets: Health Professional Education and Health CarePrivatization of Health Professional Education in LMICs; Notes; Chapter 6 Discussion; Research Implications; Policy Implications; Appendix A Literature Search Strategy; Appendix B Coverage of the Literature in Relation to Private and Social Perspectives on the Rate of Return; Appendix C Estimates of Private Rates of Return and Net Present Value; References; Boxes; 1.1 Market Failures in Health Worker Labor Markets; 3.1 Effect of General Practitioners' Reimbursement on Supply in the United Kingdom ; 5.1 How Demographics and Positioning of the Nursing Profession Can Interrelate, Israel5.2 Market Failure in Nepal; Figures; 1.1 The Interaction between Education Systems, Labor Markets, and Health Systems; 3.1 The Bland-Meurer Model of Primary Care Career Choice for Physicians; B3.1.1a Proportion of Graduating Cohorts in U.K. Medical Schools Choosing General Practice; B3.1.1b General Practitioners' Annual Income; 4.1 The Hours-adjusted Internal Rate of Return on Additional Training for Five Surgical Specialties and Primary Care Medicine ; 5.1 Interrelationships between Health Professional Job Market and Health Professional Education Market5.2 Founding Dates of Medical Schools in Sub-Saharan Africa by Sector; Tables; A.1 Search Terms; A.2 MESH Terms; Back Cover
• Titolo autorizzato: Economics of health professional education and careers
• ISBN: 1-4648-0617-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910461643703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II