The Pull Factors that Influence Doctors to Stay in the Country in the Light of the Culture of Migration

Abstract

Health is not an isolated issue because the government is the regulating body that handles it. Thus, there is politics in the issue of health. Various health issues are products of the politics behind them. This is what this study aims to establish and prove. The problem on the unabated exodus of health professionals does not stem merely from economic factors but rather it is an interplay of different factors such as socio-cultural and even political. This study, however, did not look at the downside. Instead it concentrated on the positive aspect, on why doctors prefer to stay and serve the country in the light of the prevalent culture of migration. This explored various reasons and motivations behind their stay and identified the pull factors that contribute to this and enumerate incentives they received. This was linked to the government’s role in this issue, as a regulating body that facilitates and handles this sector. This is to pave way for the different lapses to be identified in order to come up with recommendations to regulate the number of those leaving the country or eventually halt exportation of health professionals and prevent the eventual collapse of the health care system.