Cost of Health Professionals' Brain Drain in Kenya


 
Language:

English

Author:

Kirigia JM et al.

Series/Journal Title:

BMC Health Services Research

Description:

Past attempts to estimate the cost of migration were limited to education costs only and did not include the lost returns from investment. The objectives of this study were: (i) to estimate the financial cost of emigration of Kenyan doctors to the United Kingdom (UK) and the United States of America (USA); (ii) to estimate the financial cost of emigration of nurses to seven OECD countries (Canada, Denmark, Finland, Ireland, Portugal, UK, USA); and (iii) to describe other losses from brain drain. [author’s description]

Subject

Geographic Focus

Resource Type