Medical Scholarships Linked to Mandatory Service: The Nepal Experience

Medical Scholarships Linked to Mandatory Service: The Nepal Experience

Introduction: Nepal has one of the world's lowest physician to population ratios, with a critical shortage of rural physicians. The Nepal Government uses the private sector to address this shortage of rural physicians. All private medical colleges must offer total scholarships, free of cost, to...

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Main Authors: Agya Mahat, Mark Zimmerman, Rabina Shakya, Robert B. Gerzoff
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Public Health
Subjects:
medical education
medical scholarships
rural physicians
private sector
health policy
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2020.546382/full

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