The flight of white-collars: civil conflict, availability of medical service providers and public health

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Kıbrıs, 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. ISSN 0277-9536

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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: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: Turkey; Civil conflict; Public health; Medical personnel; Policy analysis
Subjects: J Political Science > JA Political science (General)
R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine
Divisions: Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences > Academic programs > Political Science
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
Depositing User: Arzu Kıbrıs
Date Deposited: 12 Nov 2016 13:37
Last Modified: 12 Nov 2016 13:37
URI: https://research.sabanciuniv.edu/id/eprint/30253

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