Toward Development of a Rural Retention Strategy in Lao People’s Democratic Republic: Understanding Health Worker Preferences.

Jaskiewicz W, IntraHealth International; Phathammavong O, World Health Organization; Vangkonevilay P, Lao PDR Ministry of Health;
Paphassarang C, Lao PDR Ministry of Health; Phachanh IT, Lao PDR Ministry of Health; Wurts L, IntraHealth International. CapacityPlus 2012.

This report presents the results of a discrete choice experiment (DCE), using CapacityPlus’s rural retention survey toolkit, in May 2011, which constitute an important input to the policy-making process toward development of a national strategy to increase health worker attraction and retention in rural and remote areas of Lao PDR. [1046 kb pdf]

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