Rural health care workforce retention measures: A rapid scoping review

Key Points

• The aim is to evaluate current measures of rural health workforce retention and their effectiveness.
• Conducted a rapid scoping review of existing literature on rural workforce retention measures.
• Analyzed definitions and reporting of retention across different studies.
• Identified gaps in the measurement and reporting of retention metrics.
• Found inconsistent definitions of workforce retention across studies.
• Highlighted the need for specific measurable time frames for retention metrics.
• Reported that unclear retention metrics hinder effective strategy evaluation and scalability.

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