Job Preferences of Nurses and Midwives for Taking Up a Rural Job in Peru: A Discrete Choice Experiment

Urban jobs in Peru were more strongly preferred than rural ones. However, combined financial and non-financial incentives could almost double rural job uptake by nurses and midwifes. These packages may provide meaningful attraction strategies to rural areas and should be considered by policy makers for implementation.

a:1:{i:0;s:44:"https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0050315";}

Huicho L, Miranda JJ, Diez-Canseco F, Lema C, Lescano AG, Lagarde M et al. Job preferences of nurses and midwives for taking up a rural job in Peru: a discrete choice experiment. PLoS ONE. 7(12):e50315. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0050315