Physician Emigration from Sub-Saharan Africa to the United States

Siankam Tankwanchi, Akhenaten Benjamin; Ozden, Caglar; Vermund, Sten H.

doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1001513

collection.link.125	https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/4401
collection.name.125	C. Journal articles published externally
dc.contributor.author	Siankam Tankwanchi, Akhenaten Benjamin
dc.contributor.author	Ozden, Caglar
dc.contributor.author	Vermund, Sten H.
dc.date.accessioned	2015-12-03T21:15:42Z
dc.date.available	2015-12-03T21:15:42Z
dc.date.issued	2013-09-17
dc.date.lastModified	2021-04-23T14:04:13Z
dc.description.abstract	The large-scale emigration of physicians from sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) to high-income nations is a serious development concern. Our objective was to determine current emigration trends of SSA physicians found in the physician workforce of the United States. We analyzed physician data from the World Health Organization (WHO) Global Health Workforce Statistics along with graduation and residency data from the 2011 American Medical Association Physician Masterfile (AMA-PM) on physicians trained or born in SSA countries who currently practice in the US. We estimated emigration proportions, year of US entry, years of practice before emigration, and length of time in the US.	en
dc.identifier.citation	PLoS Medicine
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/23203
dc.language.iso	en_US
dc.publisher	Public Library of Science
dc.rights	CC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holder	World Bank
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.subject	brain drain
dc.subject	migration
dc.title	Physician Emigration from Sub-Saharan Africa to the United States	en
dc.title.subtitle	Analysis of the 2011 AMA Physician Masterfile	en
dc.type	Journal Article	en
okr.date.disclosure	2015-12-03
okr.doctype	Publications & Research :: Journal Article
okr.doctype	Publications & Research
okr.externalcontent	External Content
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okr.identifier.doi	10.1371/journal.pmed.1001513
okr.identifier.report	102473
okr.journal.nbpages	e1001513
okr.language.supported	en
okr.peerreview	Academic Peer Review
okr.region.geographical	Sub-Saharan Africa
okr.relation.associatedurl	http://journals.plos.org/plosmedicine/article?id=10.1371/journal.pmed.1001513
okr.topic	International Economics and Trade :: International Migration
okr.topic	Health, Nutrition and Population :: Population Policies
okr.topic	Social Protections and Labor :: Labor Market
okr.unit	Development Research Group (DECRG)
okr.volume	10(9)

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