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Factors influencing the migration of Iranian healthcare professionals: A qualitative study

BACKGROUND: The migration of healthcare specialists from developing countries has increased in recent years. This has caused a rapid reduction in the access to and quality of healthcare services in such countries. The aim of this study is to evaluate the factors affecting the migration of specialist...

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Autores principales: Asadi, Heshmatollah, Ahmadi, Batoul, Nejat, Saharnaz, Akbari Sari, Ali, Garavand, Ali, Almasian Kia, Abdollah, Hasoumi, Mojtaba
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Publicado: Public Library of Science 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6021092/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29949640
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0199613
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author Asadi, Heshmatollah
Ahmadi, Batoul
Nejat, Saharnaz
Akbari Sari, Ali
Garavand, Ali
Almasian Kia, Abdollah
Hasoumi, Mojtaba
author_facet Asadi, Heshmatollah
Ahmadi, Batoul
Nejat, Saharnaz
Akbari Sari, Ali
Garavand, Ali
Almasian Kia, Abdollah
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description BACKGROUND: The migration of healthcare specialists from developing countries has increased in recent years. This has caused a rapid reduction in the access to and quality of healthcare services in such countries. The aim of this study is to evaluate the factors affecting the migration of specialist human resources in Iran’s healthcare system. METHODS: This is a qualitative study, which was carried out through semi-structured interviews between 2015 and 2016. For sampling, purposive sampling method with maximum variation sampling was used. Further, data saturation was observed by conducting 21 interviews, and data analysis was performed using the MAXQDA10 content analysis software. RESULTS: Factors affecting the migration of specialists were classified into five key themes, including structural, occupational, personal, socio-political and economic factors. These themes consisted of 12 categories and 50 subcategories. The most important factors affecting the migration of our study population were structural issues, occupational problems, and personal concerns. CONCLUSION: Identification of factors influencing migration is the first step to prevent the migration of specialist human resources. Implementing the recommendations proposed in this study would assist to prevent migration of medical professionals.
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spelling pubmed-60210922018-07-07 Factors influencing the migration of Iranian healthcare professionals: A qualitative study Asadi, Heshmatollah Ahmadi, Batoul Nejat, Saharnaz Akbari Sari, Ali Garavand, Ali Almasian Kia, Abdollah Hasoumi, Mojtaba PLoS One Research Article BACKGROUND: The migration of healthcare specialists from developing countries has increased in recent years. This has caused a rapid reduction in the access to and quality of healthcare services in such countries. The aim of this study is to evaluate the factors affecting the migration of specialist human resources in Iran’s healthcare system. METHODS: This is a qualitative study, which was carried out through semi-structured interviews between 2015 and 2016. For sampling, purposive sampling method with maximum variation sampling was used. Further, data saturation was observed by conducting 21 interviews, and data analysis was performed using the MAXQDA10 content analysis software. RESULTS: Factors affecting the migration of specialists were classified into five key themes, including structural, occupational, personal, socio-political and economic factors. These themes consisted of 12 categories and 50 subcategories. The most important factors affecting the migration of our study population were structural issues, occupational problems, and personal concerns. CONCLUSION: Identification of factors influencing migration is the first step to prevent the migration of specialist human resources. Implementing the recommendations proposed in this study would assist to prevent migration of medical professionals. Public Library of Science 2018-06-27 /pmc/articles/PMC6021092/ /pubmed/29949640 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0199613 Text en © 2018 Asadi et al http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Factors influencing the migration of Iranian healthcare professionals: A qualitative study
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title_full Factors influencing the migration of Iranian healthcare professionals: A qualitative study
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title_full_unstemmed Factors influencing the migration of Iranian healthcare professionals: A qualitative study
title_short Factors influencing the migration of Iranian healthcare professionals: A qualitative study
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6021092/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29949640
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0199613
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