From: Factors associated with increasing rural doctor supply in Asia-Pacific LMICs: a scoping review
 | Inclusion criteria | Exclusion criteria |
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1 | English language | Non-English language |
2 | Year of publication 1999–2019 (July 1999–June 2019) | Year of publication before 1999 or after July 2019 |
3 | Countries of study classified as low- or middle-income (LMICs) and were located in the Asia-Pacific region, as defined by East Asia and Pacific and South Asia region by the World Bank [22] | Countries of study classified as not LMICs, or not East Asia and Pacific or South Asia, or LMICs in Asia-Pacific that are overseas territories of other nations, or include populations from LMICs in Asia-Pacific but not separately reporting the results for this group from other non-LMICs or non-Asia-Pacific countries |
4 | Investigates outcome as preference or intention (i.e., attitude towards or intention for rural work, intention to stay) or actual work (i.e., current rural work or rural retention) | No preference or intention for rural work or staying or actually working in rural location reported |
5 | Investigates work in rural or in any remote area or in any underserved area defined by geographic-related criteria or by the authors or reports for rural, remote or underserved separately | Investigates work in metropolitan or in unspecified geographic location without separately reporting work in rural, remote or underserved locations |
6 | Exploring factors related to the outcome as mentioned in criteria 4 | Did not explore factors related to the outcome, for example: presented the proportion of respondents working in rural location without exploring why |
7 | Analyzes the results for either doctors who completed their medical qualifications at tertiary (university) level, or medical students training at tertiary level, or both | Articles including other types of health workers without separate reporting for tertiary qualified doctors or medical students |
8 | Full-text of the articles available using online database, browsing or accessible through the University | Full-text irretrievable after attempting searching online database, browsing or via support from the University library |
9 | Empirical research or review article with a clear search strategy | Non-empirical or review articles without clear search strategies |