Transnational migration of health professionals in the European Union

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ID7695453
AuthorsThomas Gerlinger (0000-0001-6454-8647, University of Frankfurt, Germany), Rolf Schmucker (University of Frankfurt, Germany)
Year2007
Volume23
Issuesuppl 2
PagesS184-S192
Publication date2007-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueCadernos de Saude Publica (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0102-311X • E-ISSN: 1678-4464
PublisherFapUNIFESP (SciELO) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1590/s0102-311x2007001400008
PMID17625645
OpenAlexW2109912624
SCIELO_PIDS0102-311X2007001400008
LanguageEN
Citations received5
References cited4

The establishment of the European Common Market has involved the free movement not only of capital and goods, but also of persons and services. The principles of free movement also apply to the health care sector, i.e. they allow for the free incorporation of health care providers and the cross-border delivery of services. Since the 1970s, the European Union (EU) has passed numerous regulations to enforce the mutual recognition of qualifications of physicians, nurses, and other health professionals by the Member States, considered an indispensable precondition for the free movement of services. Thus far, the establishment of a European job market for the health care professions has not led to extensive migration among the EU Member States. Likewise, the accession of Central and Eastern European countries to the EU in 2004 did not cause a "brain drain" to the better-off countries of Western and Northern Europe. However, the mobility among health care professions is expected to increase in the coming years

Accession · Business · Domestic market · Economic growth · Economics · European union · Free movement · Health care · International trade · Member state · Member states · Political science · Employment and Welfare Studies · Global Health Care Issues · Global Health Workforce Issues · Law

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