TY - JOUR

T1 - A conceptual model of the economic impact of international movements in the health labour force.

AU - Hollingsworth, Bruce

AU - Richardson, Jeff

PY - 2009

Y1 - 2009

N2 - Many developed countries are net recipients of skilled health professionals from developing countries. Potentially these movements provide major economic benefits to developed countries. The distribution of any benefits and any associated health and social costs, however, need investigation that is more systematic and thorough than has been documented thus far, especially the consequences to net donor countries. This article proposes a model that could be adopted to examine systematically the impact of the international movement of health workers upon the health of populations (and health related institutions) affected by these movements.

AB - Many developed countries are net recipients of skilled health professionals from developing countries. Potentially these movements provide major economic benefits to developed countries. The distribution of any benefits and any associated health and social costs, however, need investigation that is more systematic and thorough than has been documented thus far, especially the consequences to net donor countries. This article proposes a model that could be adopted to examine systematically the impact of the international movement of health workers upon the health of populations (and health related institutions) affected by these movements.

U2 - 10.1080/13504850701206494

DO - 10.1080/13504850701206494

M3 - Journal article

VL - 16

SP - 609

EP - 613

JO - Applied Economics Letters

JF - Applied Economics Letters

SN - 1350-4851

IS - 6

ER -