| Financial-incentive programmes | Compulsory service |
---|---|---|
Enrolment | Self-selected | Universal |
Compulsion | No | Yes |
Length of service | Commonly >3 years | Commonly 1–3 years |
Effect on equity of access to tertiary education | Improvement possible | None |
Effect on total number of health workers | Increase possible | Decrease possible |
Effect on composition of health worker population | Increase in proportion of health workers from poor backgrounds possible | Increase in proportion of lower-quality health workers possible |