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Attitude toward rural primary care
| ● → Preferred jobs were in the urban private sector | ● → Open to both private and public job options, though preference was for the public sector | ● → Generally preferred jobs in the public sector. A few nurses had ambitions to work abroad |
| ● → Rural primary care jobs are perceived as not providing professional growth and respect | ● → Jobs in the primary health center give legitimacy to alternate health professions |
| ● → Rural primary care jobs in the public sector offered job security and satisfying work hours |
| ● → Specialization/postgraduate opportunities given utmost importance |
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Key concerns of students in taking up rural primary care jobs
| ● → Lack of professional growth | ● → Poor salary | ● → Job security wanted |
| ● → Inability to practice alternate medicine |
| ● → Adequate workload |
| ● → Poor salary | ● → Lack of work related facilities | ● → And regular timings wanted |
| ● → Several contextual factors |
| ● → Lack of job prestige | ● → Inability to take leave during emergencies |
| ● → Poor personal security |
| ● → Lack of work-related facilities | ● → Several contextual factors |
| ● → Several contextual factors |
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Concerns of in-service personnel in rural primary care jobs
| ● → Fear of prolonged stints with no guarantee of transfers from rural area | ● → Fear of prolonged stints with no guarantee of transfers from rural area | ● → Fear of prolonged stints with no guarantee of transfers from rural area |
| ● → Poor status and salary in comparison with allopathic doctors |
| ● → Inability to take leave |
| ● → Inability to assist patients during the |
| ● → Poor salary compared to private practitioners |
| ● → Several contextual factors |
| ● → Lack of Ayurvedic drugs |
| ● → Several contextual factors |
| ● → Bureaucracy in public sectors jobs |
| ● → Several contextual factors |
