Using Incentives to Attract Nurses to Remote Areas of Tanzania: A Contingent Valuation Study


 
Language:

English

Authors:

Munga MA, Torsvik G, Mæstad O

Series/Journal Title:

Health Policy and Planning

Description:

This article analyses (1) how financial incentives (salary top-ups) and non-financial incentives (housing and education) affect nurses’ willingness to work in remote areas of Tanzania and (2) how the magnitude of the incentives needed to attract health workers varies with the nurses’ geographic origin and their intrinsic motivation. [from abstract]

Subject

Geographic Focus

Resource Type