Physician Emigration from Sub-Saharan Africa to the United States: Analysis of the 2011 AMA Physician Masterfile
Tankwanchi AB, Özden Ç, Vermund SH. Physician Emigration from Sub-Saharan Africa to the United States: Analysis of the 2011 AMA Physician Masterfile. PLOS Medicine 2013, 10: e1001513. PMID: 24068894, PMCID: PMC3775724, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001513.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPhysician MasterfileAmerican Medical Association Physician MasterfileAMA Physician MasterfileYears of practicePhysician emigrationPhysician dataPhysiciansActive physiciansLength of timeEditors' SummarySSA countriesMasterfilePhysician workforceSaharan AfricaWorkforce statisticsUnited StatesImplementation yearResidency dataYearsHigh-income nationsSub-Saharan AfricaUS entryGreat need