Sub-Saharan African (SSA) immigrant physicians appearing in the American Medical Association (AMA) Physician Masterfile before and after the launch of the WHO Global Code on the International Recruitment of Health Personnel (CoP).

Note: Post-CoP recruits, physicians in first through third residency years as of December 2013; Pre-CoP recruits, licensed and resident physicians beyond their third year of residency training as of December 2013; Semi-retired physicians, physicians working less than 20 hours a week; SSA-IMG, international medical graduate who completed medical school in the SSA region; Annual pre-CoP recruitment growth = 2002–2010 percent increase divided by 7.5; Annual post-CoP recruitment growth rate = 2010–2013 percent increase divided by 3.5.a Baseline data sources: Hagopian et al. [4]; Tankwanchi [37]; Redi-Medi Data Interactive Medical Database System [51].Sub-Saharan African (SSA) immigrant physicians appearing in the American Medical Association (AMA) Physician Masterfile before and after the launch of the WHO Global Code on the International Recruitment of Health Personnel (CoP).