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Wrong schools or wrong students? The potential role of medical education in regional imbalances of the health workforce in the United Republic of Tanzania

Beatus K Leon1* and Julie Riise Kolstad2

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1 Centre for Educational Development in Health, Arusha, the United Republic of Tanzania

2 Chr Michelsen Institute & Department of Economics, University of Bergen, Norway

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Human Resources for Health 2010, 8:3 doi:10.1186/1478-4491-8-3

Published: 26 February 2010

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Correlation between the school dummies and the other regression variables. The file contains data in a tabular form, demonstrating the correlation between attending a particular medical school and the regression variables tested in the study. The variables were male gender, age above 26 years, rural/urban backgrounds, schooling in a rural area, having parents living in a rural area, motivation by an interest in medicine, intended specialization in medicine, intended specialization in public health, community service during studies, and having done field work during studies.

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