Policy interventions that attract nurses to rural areas: a multicountry discrete choice experiment
WHO Bulletin
This study confirms that DCEs can be designed to assist policy-makers in choosing more effective human resource policy interventions to address the shortage of health professionals in rural and remote areas.
Financial and non-financial incentives such as better housing and accelerated promotions were moderately effective but preferential access to training and career development opportunities were very powerful non-financial strategies in motivating nurses to work in rural and remote areas. Packages were more effective than a single strategy.