Table 1 Factors influencing health care professionals' intent to migrate, reason for migrating and willingness to remain in their home country
From: The role of wages in the migration of health care professionals from developing countries
For what reasons do you intend to leave your home country? | For what reasons did you leave your home country? | What would make you remain in your home country? | |
|---|---|---|---|
Cameroon | Upgrade qualifications (85%) | Recruited (29%) | Salary (68%) |
Gain experience (80%) | Gain experience (28%) | Continuing education (67%) | |
Lack of promotion (80%) | Better pay (27%) | Working environment (64%) | |
Living conditions (80%) | Living conditions (19%) | Health care system management (55%) | |
Ghana | Gain experience (86%) | Salary (81%) | |
Lack of promotion (86%) | Work environment (64%) | ||
Despondency (86%) | Fringe benefits (77%) | ||
Living conditions, Economic decline (71%) | Resources in health sector (70%) | ||
Senegal | Salary (89%) | Work environment (n/a) | |
N/a | Salary (n/a) | ||
N/a | Better career path (n/a) | ||
N/a | Benefits (n/a) | ||
South Africa | Gain experience (43%) | Salary (78%) | |
Violence and crime (38%) | Work environment (68%) | ||
Heavy workload (41%) | Fringe benefits (66%) | ||
Declining health service (38%) | Workload (59%) | ||
Uganda | Salary (72%) | Salary (55%) | Salary (84%) |
Living conditions (41%) | Economic decline (55%) | Fringe benefits (54%) | |
Upgrade qualifications (38%) | Save money (54%) | Work environment (36%) | |
Gain experience (24%) | Declining health service (53%) | Workload (30%) | |
Zimbabwe | All factors | All factors | All factors |