Human Capital Flight (Brain Drain) and Service Delivery in Public Hospitals in Nigeria: Enugu State University Teaching Hospital (ESUTH) in Perspective

Aduma Aloysius, Celestine Chijioke Onah and Eze Fred O.

SAGE Open, 2025, vol. 15, issue 3, 21582440251365088

Abstract: Over a decade, there has been an unprecedented mass exodus of healthcare professionals in Nigeria’s public hospitals. This has put the healthcare sector in crisis. This paper, therefore, examined the effects of human capital flight on services rendered in public health institutions in Nigeria, using the Enugu State University Teaching Hospital, Parklane, Enugu as a study base. The study population is 621 healthcare workers (HCWs) from the four departments selected (medical practitioners/doctors, nurses, laboratory scientists, and pharmacists) in the hospital. The sample size is 243 based on Taro Yamane’s formula at ( p  

Keywords: human capital flight; healthcare service delivery; public hospital; push-pull factors; teaching hospital (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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