Table 2 |
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Comparison of financial-incentive programmes to compulsory service |
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Financial-incentive programmes |
Compulsory service |
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Enrolment |
Self-selected |
Universal |
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Compulsion |
No |
Yes |
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Length of service |
Commonly >3 years |
Commonly 1–3 years |
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Effect on equity of access to tertiary education |
Improvement possible |
None |
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Effect on total number of health workers |
Increase possible |
Decrease possible |
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Effect on composition of health worker population |
Increase in proportion of health workers from poor backgrounds possible |
Increase in proportion of lower-quality health workers possible |
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Bärnighausen and Bloom Human Resources for Health 2009 7:52 doi:10.1186/1478-4491-7-52 |
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