Retention of medical doctors at the district level: a qualitative study of experiences from Tanzania.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Retention of Human Resources for Health (HRH), particularly doctors at district level is a big challenge facing the decentralized health systems in poorly resourced countries. Tanzania, with 75% of its population in rural areas, has only 26% of doctors serving in rural areas. We aimed to analyze the experiences regarding the retention of doctors at district level in Tanzania from doctors' and district health managers' perspectives.

Methods

A qualitative study was carried out in three districts from June to September 2013. We reviewed selected HRH documents and then conducted 15 key informant interviews with members of the District Health Management teams and medical doctors working at the district hospitals. In addition, we conducted three focus group discussions

SUBMITTER: Sirili N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5891935 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature