Motivation and retention of health workers in developing countries: a systematic review

Table 1 Major themes identified

Author (s)	Year	Financial	Career Development	Hospital or Clinic Management	Availability of resources	Continuing Education	Recognition or Appreciation	Hospital Infrastructure
Chomitz et al [38]	1998					X
Sararaks & Jamaluddin [37]	1999	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Bennett et al [28]	2000	X	X	X			X
Stilwell [25]	2001	X			X		X	X
Awases et al [27]	2003	X	X	X	X	X		X
Dieleman et al [30]	2003	X	X	X		X	X
Kyaddondo & Whyte [33]	2003	X		X	X	X	X
Agyepong et al [21]	2004	X	X	X	X	X
Franco et al [31]	2004	X	X	X			X
Reid [23]	2004	X	X	X		X
Chikanda [13]	2005	X	X	X	X	X		X
Penn-Kekana et al [36]	2005	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Dielmen et al [29]	2006	X	X	X	X	X	X
King & McInerney [32]	2006	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Kotzee & ouper [22]	2006	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Lephoko et al [39]	2006		X		X		X
Manongi et al [26]	2006	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Mathauer & Imhoff [35]	2006	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Ssengooba et al [24]	2007	X	X	X	X		X
Mangham & Hanson [34]	2008	X	X		X	X
Total number of studies	20	18 (90%)	17 (85%)	16 (80%)	15 (75%)	15 (75%)	14 (70%)	9 (45%)

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