Global Health Seminar - Physician turnover, labor shortage and local mismatch: Evidence from a large-scale recruitment program in Brazil

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 Abstract:

In this seminar, I will present the results from the working paper "Physician turnover, labor shortage and local mismatch: Evidence from a large-scale recruitment program in Brazil". In this research, we examine the impact of the Programa Mais Médicos (More Doctors Program – PMM), a large-scale recruitment initiative in Brazil, on physician supply, physician-population mismatch, and workforce turnover. Using individual administrative data and a staggered difference-in-differences approach, we assessed the program's effect on physician labor markets. Our findings show that PMM significantly increased physician supply and decreased physician-population mismatch, especially within publicly provided primary healthcare, where the imbalance declined by around 25% compared to the baseline. The program also resulted in a notable reduction in overall physician turnover. Additionally, we find that PMM offered financial relief to municipalities by lowering personnel and own-resource healthcare spending. 

Zoom link (not recorded): https://york-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/91563060379?pwd=9UO1YJV0f9w0NUY9PVsDVeKOIOm2m

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