- Additional Authors
- Description
- 66 p.; 21 x 29.7cm.
- Summary
- Doctors are distributed unequally across different regions in virtually all OECD countries, and this causes concern about how to continue to ensure access to health services everywhere. In particular access to services in rural regions is the focus of attention of policymakers, although in some countries, poor urban and sub-urban regions pose a challenge as well. Despite numerous efforts this mal-distribution of physician supply persists. This working paper first examines the drivers of the location choice of physicians, and second, it examines policy responses in a number of OECD countries...
- Series Statement
- OECD Health Working Papers, 1815-2015 ; no.69
- Uniform Title
- OECD Health Working Papers, no.69.
- Subject
- Social Issues/Migration/Health
- LCCN
- 10.1787/5jz5sq5ls1wl-en
- OCLC
- oecd-lib-001887
- Author
Ono, Tomoko.
- Title
Geographic Imbalances in Doctor Supply and Policy Responses [electronic resource] / Tomoko Ono, Michael Schoenstein and James Buchan
- Imprint
Paris : OECD Publishing, 2014.
- Series
OECD Health Working Papers, 1815-2015 ; no.69
OECD Health Working Papers, 1815-2015 ; no.69.
- Connect to:
- Indexed Term
Social Issues/Migration/Health
- Added Author
Schoenstein, Michael.
Buchan, James.
- Other Standard Identifier
10.1787/5jz5sq5ls1wl-en doi