Analysis of context factors in compulsory and incentive strategies for improving attraction and retention of health workers in rural and remote areas: a systematic review

Table 2 Categorization of context factors in the review

Context categories	Context factors	Descriptions of the context factors	Number of selected studies reporting the factors
Macro level	Political factors	Democratic election	1
		Post-conflict	2
		Social movement towards equity	3
	Economic factors	Fiscal capacity of a country or organization	8
		Rising cost of medical education	7
	Social factors	Traditional culture and ethics	7
Meso level	Health system	Deficit and maldistribution of health workforce	34
		Private services	10
		Decentralization	6
		Health financing	5
Micro level	Implementation process	Monitoring and evaluation	10
		Consultation and engagement of actors	26
		Funding sources	22
		Legislation process	7

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