HEALTH PROFESSIONAL MOBILITY AND HEALTH SYSTEMS

By W. DIZAM

CONTENTS PART I SETTING THE SCENE, RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS CHAPTER HEALTH PROFESSIONAL MOBILITY AND HEALTH SYSTEMS IN EUROPE: AN INTRODUCTION CHAPTER CROSS-COUNTRY ANALYSIS OF HEALTH PROFESSIONAL MOBILITY IN EUROPE: THE RESULTS CHAPTER CONCLUSIONS FROM THE CASE-STUDIES PART II CASE STUDIES FROM COUNTRIES THAT JOINED THE EU BEFORE MOBILITY, LANGUAGE AND NEIGHBOURS: AUSTRIA AS SOURCE AND DESTINATION COUNTRY CHAPTER OF PERMEABLE BORDERS: BELGIUM AS BOTH SOURCE AND HOST COUNTRY CHANGING CONTEXT AND PRIORITIES IN RECRUITMENT AND EMPLOYMENT: FINLAND BALANCES INFLOWS AND OUTFLOWS OF HEALTH PROFESSIONALS CHAPTER NATIONALLY MODERATE, LOCALLY SIGNIFICANT: FRANCE AND HEALTH PROFESSIONAL MOBILITY FROM FAR AND NEAR CHAPTER A DESTINATION AND A SOURCE: GERMANY MANAGES REGIONAL HEALTH WORKFORCE DISPARITIES WITH FOREIGN MEDICAL DOCTORS CHAPTER OVERSUPPLYING DOCTORS BUT SEEKING CARERS: ITALY’S DEMOGRAPHIC CHALLENGES AND HEALTH PROFESSIONAL MOBILITY CHAPTER 10 OPPORTUNITIES IN AN EXPANDING HEALTH SERVICE: SPAIN BETWEEN LATIN AMERICA AND EUROPE CHAPTER 11 A MAJOR DESTINATION COUNTRY: THE UNITED KINGDOM AND ITS CHANGING RECRUITMENT POLICIES PART III CASE STUDIES FROM COUNTRIES THAT JOINED THE EU IN 2004 OR CHAPTER 12 MIGRATION AND ATTRITION: ESTONIA’S HEALTH SECTOR AND CROSS-BORDER MOBILITY TO ITS NORTHERN NEIGHBOUR CHAPTER 13 FROM MELTING POT TO LABORATORY OF CHANGE IN CENTRAL EUROPE: HUNGARY AND HEALTH WORKFORCE MIGRATION CHAPTER 14 AWARENESS, PLANNING AND RETENTION: LITHUANIA’S APPROACH TO MANAGING HEALTH PROFESSIONAL MOBILITY CHAPTER 15 WHEN THE GRASS GETS GREENER AT HOME: POLAND’S CHANGING INCENTIVES FOR HEALTH PROFESSIONAL MOBILITY CHAPTER 16 EMERGENT CHALLENGE OF HEALTH PROFESSIONAL EMIGRATION: ROMANIA’S ACCESSION TO THE EU CHAPTER 17 REGAINING SELF-SUFFICIENCY: SLOVAKIA AND THE CHALLENGES OF HEALTH