Physician Emigration from Sub-Saharan Africa to the United States : Analysis of the 2011 AMA Physician Masterfile
The large-scale emigration of physicians from sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) to high-income nations is a serious development concern. Our objective was to determine current emigration trends of SSA physicians found in the physician workforce of the United States. We analyzed physician data from the World...
Main Authors: | Siankam Tankwanchi, Akhenaten Benjamin, Ozden, Caglar, Vermund, Sten H. |
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Format: | Journal Article |
Language: | en_US |
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Public Library of Science
2015
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10986/23203 |
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