Policy interventions that attract nurses to rural areas: a multicountry discrete choice experiment
D Blaauw, E Erasmus, N Pagaiya, V Tangcharoensathein, K Mullei, S Mudhune, C Goodman, M English & M Lagarde
Volume 88, Number 5, May 2010, 350-356
Table 6. Predicted impact of different policy interventions on nurses' uptake of rural postings in discrete choice experiment conducted in Kenya, South Africa and Thailand, 2006
| Intervention | Kenya | South Africa | Thailand | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Change (percentage points) | Total uptake (%) | Change (percentage points) | Total uptake (%) | Change (percentage points) | Total uptake (%) | |||
| Single interventions | ||||||||
| Base uptake | – | 43.4 | – | 36.0 | – | 84.2 | ||
| 10% rural allowance | +15.2 | 58.6 | +16.9 | 52.9 | +3.3 | 87.5 | ||
| 20% rural allowance | +27.8 | 71.2 | +30.5 | 66.5 | +4.8 | 89.0 | ||
| 30% rural allowance | +36.4 | 79.8 | +39.0 | 75.0 | +5.8 | 90.0 | ||
| Better rural housing | +6.5 | 49.9 | +8.1 | 44.1 | +5.4 | 89.6 | ||
| Benefit package | −28.0 | 15.4 | +15.8 | 51.8 | +8.4 | 92.6 | ||
| Preferential training opportunities | +21.9 | 65.3 | +35.5 | 71.5 | +1.2 | 85.4 | ||
| More rapid promotion | +17.0 | 60.4 | +8.6 | 44.6 | +6.7 | 90.9 | ||
| Relational management culture | +5.0 | 48.4 | +3.1 | 39.1 | +7.5 | 91.7 | ||
| Intervention packages | ||||||||
| Housing + benefita + training + promotion + relational management | +39.1 | 82.5 | +50.3 | 86.3 | +13.9 | 98.1 | ||
| 30% allowance + housing + benefita + training + promotion + relational management | +51.7 | 95.1 | +59.2 | 95.2 | +14.5 | 98.7 | ||
| 10% allowance + training | +34.0 | 77.4 | +46.0 | 82.0 | +3.3 | 87.5 | ||
a The benefit package was excluded in Kenya because it decreased rural uptake.