The metrics and correlates of physician migration from Africa

doi:10.1186/1471-2458-7-83

BMC Public Health
Volume 7

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The metrics and correlates of physician migration from Africa

Onyebuchi A Arah

Department of Social Medicine, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, PO Box 22700, Amsterdam 1100 DE, The Netherlands

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BMC Public Health 2007, 7:83doi:10.1186/1471-2458-7-83


Published:	17 May 2007

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All 53 African countries included in the study. (File in Microsoft^®Word format; a list of all 53 African countries included in the study)

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Definitions, data sources, and descriptive statistics of variables used in the study. (File in Microsoft^®Word format; extensive definitions, data sources and descriptive summary statistics of all variables included in the study)

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Top 10 and bottom 10 African countries which suffer the most and least physician migration respectively, ranked by 3 different migration metrics – total number of physician émigrés, emigration fraction, and physician migration density. (File in Microsoft^®Word format; list of top 10 and bottom 10 African countries that suffer the most and least physician emigration respectively, ranked by 3 different migration metrics)

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