How to attract health workers to rural areas? Findings from a Discrete Choice Experiment in India
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Introduction India’s success in attaining universal health coverage will critically depend on its health system’s ability to deliver clinical services in rural areas. So far, attempts to increase rural recruitment of doctors through incentives or compulsion have been unsuccessful. In 2010, we conducted a Discrete Choice Experiment (DCE) in the states of Uttarakhand and Andhra Pradesh to understand what health departments could do to make rural service attractive for doctors and nurses. Specifically, we wanted to: (a) examine the effect of monetary and non-monetary incentives on job choices and (b) develop incentive ‘packages’ with a focus on jobs in rural areas.
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