Migration intentions of Lithuanian physicians, nurses, residents and medical students

Intra-EU disparities foster considerable international mobility of healthcare professionals within the EU [1,2]. Destination country health systems benefit from free mobility as foreign-trained workforces fill healthcare professionals ’ shortages, increase the cultural diversity of employees, and save financial, time and organizational resources related to educating healthcare professionals, though foreign personnel inflows can raise issues like onward mobility, repatriation, the time-, capacity- and money-consuming integration of foreign healthcare professionals (e.g., language, induction courses) [2,3].

Source: Health Policy - July 6, 2018 Category: Health Management Authors: Bernadeta Go štautaitė, Ilona Bučiūnienė, Žemyna Milašauskienė, Karolis Bareikis, Eglė Bertašiūtė, Gabija Mikelionienė Source Type: research