Cost-Effectiveness of Rural Incentive Packages for Graduating Medical Students in Lao PDR.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The dearth of health workers in rural settings in Lao People's Democratic Republic (PDR) and other developing countries limits healthcare access and outcomes. In evaluating non-wage financial incentive packages as a potential policy option to attract health workers to rural settings, understanding the expected costs and effects of the various programs ex ante can assist policy-makers in selecting the optimal incentive package.

Methods

We use discrete choice experiments (DCEs), costing analyses and recent empirical results linking health worker density and health outcomes to estimate the future location decisions of physicians and determine the cost-effectiveness of 15 voluntary incentives packages for new physicians in Lao PDR. Our data sources include a DCE surve

SUBMITTER: Keuffell E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5505108 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature