Factors contributing to the recruitment and retention of rural pharmacist workforce: a systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Recruiting and retaining medical, nursing, and allied health professionals in rural and remote areas is a worldwide challenge, compromising continuity of care and population health outcomes in these locations. Specifically, pharmacists play an essential and accessible frontline healthcare role, and are often the first point of contact for health concerns. Despite several incentives, there remains a maldistribution and undersupply of pharmacists in rural and remote areas across many parts of the world. Although current systematic reviews have focussed on factors affecting pharmacists' retention generally, literature specifically focused on rural pharmacist workforce in a global context remains limited. The aim of this systematic review is to identify factors associated wi

SUBMITTER: Terry D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8493699 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature