TY - JOUR ID - 2983 TI - Addressing the Shortage of Health Professionals in Rural China: Issues and Progress; Comment on “Have Health Human Resources Become More Equal between Rural and Urban Areas after the New Reform?” JO - International Journal of Health Policy and Management JA - IJHPM LA - en SN - AU - Hou, Jianlin AU - Ke, Yang AD - Institute of Medical Education, Peking University, Beijing, China AD - Peking University Health Science Centre (PUHSC), Beijing, China Y1 - 2015 PY - 2015 VL - 4 IS - 5 SP - 327 EP - 328 KW - Health Professionals KW - Rural Areas KW - Medical Education KW - China DO - 10.15171/ijhpm.2015.57 N2 - Maldistribution of health professionals between urban and rural areas has been a serious problem in China. Urban hospitals attract most of the health professionals with serious shortages in rural areas. To address this issue, a number of policies have been implemented by the government, such as free medical education in exchange for obligatory rural service. UR - https://www.ijhpm.com/article_2983.html L1 - https://www.ijhpm.com/article_2983_0d56288aa570078b145f48629798a45f.pdf ER -