Mobility of health professionals pre and post 2004 and 2007 EU enlargements: Evidence from the EU project PROMeTHEUS

Health Policy

Volumn 108, Issue 2-3, 2012, Pages 122-132

  Ognyanova, Diana ^a   Maier, Claudia B ^b   Wismar, Matthias ^b   Girasek, Edmond ^c   Busse, Reinhard ^a,b  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b EUROPEAN OBSERVATORY ON HEALTH SYSTEMS AND POLICIES   (United Kingdom)

^c SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

EU enlargement; International recruitment; Labour market restrictions; Mobility of health professionals; Retention strategies

Indexed keywords

CAREER MOBILITY; CERTIFICATION; DENTIST; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HOME CARE; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MIGRATION; NURSE; PERSONNEL SHORTAGE; PHYSICIAN; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SALARY; SELF EMPLOYMENT; SOCIAL INSURANCE;

DENTISTS; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; EUROPEAN UNION; HEALTH MANPOWER; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; NURSES; PHYSICIANS;

EID: 84870061964     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: 18726054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2012.10.006     Document Type: Review

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