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Retention of medical officers in district health services, South Africa: a descriptive survey

Robert Mash, Beverley Williams, Dusica Stapar, Gavin Hendricks, Herma Steyn, Johann Schoevers, Leigh Wagner, Mumtaz Abbas, Paul Kapp, Stefanie Perold, Steve Swartz, Werner Viljoen and Muideen Bello
BJGP Open 2022; 6 (4): BJGPO.2022.0047. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGPO.2022.0047
Robert Mash
1 Family Medicine and Primary Care, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
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1 Family Medicine and Primary Care, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
2 Rural Health Services, Western Cape Government, Cape Town, South Africa
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vol. 6 no. 4 BJGPO.2022.0047
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGPO.2022.0047
PubMed 
36167403

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Royal College of General Practitioners
History 
  • Received April 5, 2022
  • Revision received May 26, 2022
  • Accepted June 16, 2022
  • Published online December 20, 2022.

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  1. Robert Mash1,*,
  2. Beverley Williams1,2,
  3. Dusica Stapar1,3,
  4. Gavin Hendricks1,2,
  5. Herma Steyn1,2,
  6. Johann Schoevers1,2,
  7. Leigh Wagner1,3,
  8. Mumtaz Abbas1,3,
  9. Paul Kapp1,2,
  10. Stefanie Perold1,2,
  11. Steve Swartz1,3,
  12. Werner Viljoen1,3 and
  13. Muideen Bello1,3
  1. 1 Family Medicine and Primary Care, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
  2. 2 Rural Health Services, Western Cape Government, Cape Town, South Africa
  3. 3 Metro Health Services, Western Cape Government, Cape Town, South Africa
  1. ↵ *For correspondence:
    Robert Mash, rm{at}sun.ac.za
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Retention of medical officers in district health services, South Africa: a descriptive survey
Robert Mash, Beverley Williams, Dusica Stapar, Gavin Hendricks, Herma Steyn, Johann Schoevers, Leigh Wagner, Mumtaz Abbas, Paul Kapp, Stefanie Perold, Steve Swartz, Werner Viljoen, Muideen Bello
BJGP Open 2022; 6 (4): BJGPO.2022.0047. DOI: 10.3399/BJGPO.2022.0047
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