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The flight of white-collars : civil conflict, availability of medical service providers and public health
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Kibris, Arzu and Metternich, Nils (2016) The flight of white-collars : civil conflict, availability of medical service providers and public health. Social Science & Medicine, 149 . pp. 93-103. doi:10.1016/j.socscimed.2015.11.052
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2015.11.052
Abstract
Civil conflicts devastate public health both in the short run and in the long run. Analyzing novel data sets that include yearly information on public health and the availability of health professionals across provinces in Turkey in the 1964–2010 period, we provide empirical evidence for our theoretical argument that a major mechanism through which civil conflicts exert their long term negative influences on public health is by discouraging medical personnel to practice in conflict regions. We also assess the effectiveness of certain policy measures that Turkish governments have tried out over the years to counteract this mechanism. Our results reveal that the long running civil conflict in Turkey has been driving away doctors and other highly trained medical personnel from conflict areas and that mandatory service requirements do help counteract this flight.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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| Subjects: | D History General and Old World > DR Balkan Peninsula H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare J Political Science > JQ Political institutions (Asia, Africa, Australia, Pacific Area, etc.) R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine |
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Politics and International Studies | ||||||||
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Medical care -- Turkey, Medical personnel -- Recruiting -- Turkey, Civil war -- Turkey, Public health -- Turkey | ||||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Social Science & Medicine | ||||||||
| Publisher: | Elsevier | ||||||||
| ISSN: | 0277-9536 | ||||||||
| Official Date: | January 2016 | ||||||||
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| Date of first compliant deposit: | 18 March 2019 | ||||||||
| Volume: | 149 | ||||||||
| Page Range: | pp. 93-103 | ||||||||
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.socscimed.2015.11.052 | ||||||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access |
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