TY - JOUR AU - Bärnighausen, Till AU - Bloom, David E. PY - 2009 DA - 2009/05/29 TI - Financial incentives for return of service in underserved areas: a systematic review JO - BMC Health Services Research SP - 86 VL - 9 IS - 1 AB - In many geographic regions, both in developing and in developed countries, the number of health workers is insufficient to achieve population health goals. Financial incentives for return of service are intended to alleviate health worker shortages: A (future) health worker enters into a contract to work for a number of years in an underserved area in exchange for a financial pay-off. SN - 1472-6963 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/1472-6963-9-86 DO - 10.1186/1472-6963-9-86 ID - Bärnighausen2009 ER -