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Le recours des professionnels de santé à la pluriactivité dans un pays en développement: Le cas des métropoles du Cameroun

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  • Gaston Brice Nkoumou Ngoa
  • Roger Tsafack Nanfosso
  • Benjamin Fomba Kamga

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Cet article analyse les déterminants de la pluriactivité pratiquée par les professionnels de santé, à partir des données issues d'une enquête réalisée dans les hôpitaux de Yaoundé et Douala, les principales villes du Cameroun. En utilisant des modèles de choix discrets, cette étude montre que la pluriactivité des médecins s’accroit avec les revenus du travail alors que cette association n'est pas significative pour les infirmiers et les techniciens de la santé. De plus, les arriérés de salaires incitent les infirmiers et les techniciens de la santé à occuper plusieurs emplois alors que la détention d'un emploi permanent et une forte perception du contrôle externe à l'hôpital diminuent cette pratique. Ces résultats suggèrent des implications importantes en termes de politiques publiques. Premièrement, un accent devrait être mis sur la sécurité de l'emploi des travailleurs de la santé, en particulier ceux du secteur privé, et sur la crédibilité des mesures de contrôle externe appliquées dans les formations sanitaires. Ensuite, le paiement régulier des salaires dans les formations sanitaires devrait être encouragé pour maintenir les infirmiers et les techniciens de la santé dans leur emploi principal. Enfin, décourager ou promouvoir le cumul d'emplois en agissant uniquement sur le revenu du travail pourrait être une politique inefficace. This article analyses the moonlighting determinants of healthcare workers using data drawn from a survey on working conditions of healthcare workers of Yaoundé and Douala, the main cities of Cameroon. Using discrete choice models, we find that labour incomes are positively and significantly associated with the probability of doctors holding multiple jobs whereas this association is not significant for nurses and health technicians. Also, back wages foster nurses and health technicians to hold multiple jobs whereas holding a permanent job and strong external monitoring in the hospital decrease this practice. These results suggest important public policy implications. First, policy makers should place greater emphasis on external monitoring and job security of healthcare workers especially for those in the private sector. Second, they should foster regular wage payments in hospitals to retain nurses and health technicians in their main job. Finally, curbing the multiple jobholding by improving labour income alone could be inefficient.

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  • Gaston Brice Nkoumou Ngoa & Roger Tsafack Nanfosso & Benjamin Fomba Kamga, 2021. "Le recours des professionnels de santé à la pluriactivité dans un pays en développement: Le cas des métropoles du Cameroun," African Development Review, African Development Bank, vol. 33(2), pages 249-262, June.
  • Handle: RePEc:bla:afrdev:v:33:y:2021:i:2:p:249-262
    DOI: 10.1111/1467-8268.12535
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