Cochrane · systematic review · CD005314
Interventions for increasing the proportion of health professionals practising in rural and other underserved areas
Grobler, L, Marais, BJ, Mabunda, S · Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews · 2015 · Cochrane Library
Effective Practice and Organisation of CareAMSTAR 2: not assessed
SoF tableOnly the outcomes this review put in its Summary of Findings table are listed (the Cochrane Handbook caps them at about seven per comparison). Its other analyses are not shown here.
Questions
3
current version
GRADE rated
3
No studies
0
Included studies
NR
No studies 0 · 0%Ungraded 0 · 0%Very low 3 · 100%Low 0 · 0%Moderate 0 · 0%High 0 · 0%
Ungraded means an effect was reported without a GRADE rating; it is not a gap. No studies means the review found nothing to answer the question. The six categories are a display order, not a score.
Questions and results
Implementation of National Health Insurance scheme on equity of physician distribution
Population: Western medicine physicians, Chinese medicine physicians and dentists
| Outcome | Effect | Evidence | Status / GRADE |
|---|---|---|---|
Equity of distribution of Western medicine physicians post implementation (Gini coefficient) | no estimate extracted | 1 study · 42 participants | Very low Downgraded: indirectness |
Equity of distribution of Chinese medicine physicians post implementation (Gini coefficient) | no estimate extracted | 1 study · 9 participants | Very low Downgraded: indirectness |
Equity of distribution of dentists post implementation (Gini coefficient) | no estimate extracted | 1 study · 6 participants | Very low Downgraded: indirectness |