Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/63297 
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Year of Publication: 
2006
Series/Report no.: 
WIDER Research Paper No. 2006/82
Publisher: 
The United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER), Helsinki
Abstract: 
The consequences of health professional mobility have become a prominent public policy concern. This paper considers trends in mobility amongst doctors and nurses and the consequences for health systems. Policy responses are shifting from a reactive agenda that focuses on stemming migration towards a more active agenda of managed migration that benefits source and destination countries. Improved working conditions and effective human resource practice are required to encourage retention of health professionals in both source and destination countries.
Subjects: 
international mobility
health
nurses
doctors
JEL: 
F22
I18
J44
ISBN: 
9291908606
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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