Why do health workers in rural Tanzania prefer public sector employment?
Open Access
- 5 April 2012
- journal article
- Published by Springer Nature in BMC Health Services Research
- Vol. 12 (1) , 92
Abstract
Severe shortages of qualified health workers and geographical imbalances in the workforce in many low-income countries require the national health sector management to closely monitor and address issues related to the distribution of health workers across various types of health facilities. This article discusses health workers' preferences for workplace and their perceptions and experiences of the differences in working conditions in the public health sector versus the church-run health facilities in Tanzania. The broader aim is to generate knowledge that can add to debates on health sector management in low-income contexts.Keywords
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