Location decisions of National Health Service Corps physicians.

Stamps, Paula L.; Kuriger, F H

doi:10.2105/ajph.73.8.906

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“…The studies measured retention in any underserved area in a country [ 45 , 57 , 61 , 63 , 75 , 77 - 80 ], in any underserved area in a specific state [ 68 , 74 ], in any area in a specific state [ 45 , 56 , 61 , 62 ], in the underserved area of original program placement [ 41 , 42 , 56 , 67 , 71 , 77 , 78 ], or in a particular practice entered during a specific period of time [ 76 ]. Three articles reported the retention intentions of program participants who were fulfilling their obligations at the time rather than actual retention [ 41 , 42 , 79 ]. All of the other 15 articles described outcomes of retrospective cohort studies.…”

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Financial incentives for return of service in underserved areas: a systematic review

Bärnighausen

Bloom

2009

BMC Health Serv Res

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Background: In many geographic regions, both in developing and in developed countries, the number of health workers is insufficient to achieve population health goals. Financial incentives for return of service are intended to alleviate health worker shortages: A (future) health worker enters into a contract to work for a number of years in an underserved area in exchange for a financial pay-off. Methods:We carried out systematic literature searches of PubMed, the Excerpta Medica database, the Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature, and the National Health Services Economic Evaluation Database for studies evaluating outcomes of financial-incentive programs published up to February 2009. To identify articles for review, we combined three search themes (health workers or students, underserved areas, and financial incentives). In the initial search, we identified 10,495 unique articles, 10,302 of which were excluded based on their titles or abstracts. We conducted full-text reviews of the remaining 193 articles and of 26 additional articles identified in reference lists or by colleagues. Forty-three articles were included in the final review. We extracted from these articles information on the financial-incentive programs (name, location, period of operation, objectives, target groups, definition of underserved area, financial incentives and obligation) and information on the individual studies (authors, publication dates, types of study outcomes, study design, sample criteria and sample size, data sources, outcome measures and study findings, conclusions, and methodological limitations). We reviewed program results (descriptions of recruitment, retention, and participant satisfaction), program effects (effectiveness in influencing health workers to provide care, to remain, and to be satisfied with work and personal life in underserved areas), and program impacts (effectiveness in influencing health systems and health outcomes).

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Financial incentives for return of service in underserved areas: a systematic review

Bärnighausen

Bloom

2009

BMC Health Serv Res

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Increasing the Supply of Providers for the Medically Underserved: Marketing and Public Policy Issues

Scammon¹,

Williams

1995

Journal of Public Policy & Marketing

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Lack of access to health care by those medically underserved results from a complex of social and economic factors. Solutions to the problem will require, at a minimum, removal of financial barriers and assurance of availability of qualified providers. The authors examine public policies designed to impact the supply and training of health care providers in terms of their short- and long-term effectiveness in influencing the composition of the health care workforce. They analyze data from a series of qualitative studies with family practice residents, providers, and key personnel from family practice residency programs for insights to help identify candidates who could be successful in needy environments, and in understanding providers’ perceptions of benefits and drawbacks of working with the underserved. The authors recommend a strategy for recruiting candidates better matched to the requirements of practice with the underserved, revising curricula to provide needed training to facilitate providers’ success in underserved settings, and designing practice environments supportive of providers working with underserved populations.

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Location decisions of National Health Service Corps physicians.

Abstract: 1983; 73:906-908.)

Cited by 2 publications

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Financial incentives for return of service in underserved areas: a systematic review

Financial incentives for return of service in underserved areas: a systematic review

Increasing the Supply of Providers for the Medically Underserved: Marketing and Public Policy Issues

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