Table 6 Key differences among the three cadres of health workers

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

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

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