Physicians Migration from Western Balkan

Lazarevik,; Kongjonaj, Ardita; Krstic, Maja; Malowany, Maureen; Tulchinsky, Theodore H.; Neumark, Yehuda

doi:10.1093/eurpub/ckw167.063

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“…In Serbia, for example, Vracic [ 15 ] reported that over 800 certificates allowing doctors to work abroad are issued per year. HCW migrants from the Western Balkans have also previously cited wage dissatisfaction, professional development, and political instability at home, as reasons for migration [ 16 ].…”

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Migration Intent of Health Care Workers during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Kosovo

Murataj

Syla

Krasniqi

et al. 2022

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The migration of healthcare workers from developing countries to more economically developed countries is a long-standing and ongoing trend. Loss of qualified staff due to migration can negatively impact healthcare systems. Understanding factors that drive migration is essential to identifying and managing health system needs. Our study explored factors related to the migration intent of healthcare staff in Kosovo, particularly after the COVID-19 pandemic. We carried out a cross-sectional survey of healthcare workers from public and private institutions. The survey analysed the prevalence of willingness to migrate and whether willingness was affected by the pandemic, and calculated crude and adjusted odds ratios for variables which may influence migration willingness. 14.43% of healthcare workers reported aspiration to migrate, and 23.68% reported an increased chance of migrating after the pandemic. Dissatisfaction with wages and working conditions, higher education and private sector engagement were associated with increased odds of migration willingness. After the pandemic, factors related to interpersonal relationships and state response gave lower odds of migration intent. These findings point to potential factors associated with the migration of healthcare workers, which can help policymakers address gaps in national health system strategy.

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Migration Intent of Health Care Workers during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Kosovo

Murataj

Syla

Krasniqi

et al. 2022

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“…There are several reasons for the decline in the number of primary healthcare physicians in Serbia. Decreasing wages in the public health sector, as one of the unfavourable consequences of the socio-economic transition in Serbia, has led to the continuing, increasing emigrations of healthcare professionals to more developed countries worldwide, which has been the trend in all countries of the Western Balkans (18). Another reason for the decline in the number of primary healthcare physicians is the restrictive employment policy in the health sector in previous years (19).…”

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Barriers to Confidentiality Protection in Adolescent Health Care: A Survey of Serbian Primary Healthcare Paediatricians and Gynaecologists

Stojković

Matejic

Cvjetković

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Objective − To explore the perceived barriers to confidentiality of adolescent patients among paediatricians and gynaecologists who work in the primary healthcare setting in Belgrade, Serbia. Materials and Methods − A cross-sectional survey was carried out in 13 primary healthcare institutions in Belgrade, Serbia. A total of 152 paediatricians and gynaecologists filled a self-administered questionnaire. The study instrument was developed for the purpose of this study. Beside socio-demographic characteristics, the questionnaire included a 5-point Likert's scale to assess the respondents' degree of agreement with potential barriers to confidential healthcare services. Results were analyzed using t-test, Chi-square test and linear regression models. Results − The majority of respondents (67.1%) indicated that limited time per patient posed a significant barrier to confidential consultation with adolescent patients. This was observed as a consequence of insufficient number of physicians working in primary care institutions. More than a half of respondents recognized a lack of adolescent gynaecologist and inadequate legal definitions as factors that may breach adolescents' right to confidentiality. Conclusion − This study highlights specific obstacles within the healthcare system that need to be addressed in order to respect confidentiality as one of the key characteristics of a safe and supportive adolescent healthcare service. Physicians working with adolescents need to be informed about comprehensive legal guidelines. At a national level, addressing human resources in healthcare could improve adolescent healthcare service.

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“…The result was not entirely satisfactory for a variety of reasons that will be discussed further on; certain positions continued to remain unfilled, geographical imbalances in supply and demand persisted and discontent among an overburdened healthcare workforce began growing. Glances back towards the Western Balkan countries revealed that healthcare workers were now being heavily targeted by high-income European countries, some of which have adopted specific policy measures that make recruitment from third countries easier for employers (Lazarevik et al 2016;Živković 2018). Many of the third-country nationals who did find employment in Slovenia used the country merely as a stepping stone, as the efforts to retain them failed in light of the better working conditions and remuneration offered to them in other countries.…”

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“…In relative terms, the most severe challenges are in the African region. Although the global demand in 2030 is estimated to decline overall by 17%, the African needs-based shortages are forecast to worsen (WHO 2016).5 It is estimated that, between 2012 and 2014, around 1700 physicians from Serbia, Macedonia, Albania and Kosovo left to work abroad(Lazarevik et al 2016). The Bosnian Chamber of Medicine announced that, in 2016, about 300 highly qualified doctors left the country.…”

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Welfare Considerations Underpinning Healthcare Workers’ Decision About Migration: The Case of Slovenia

Jevšnik

2021

IMISCOE Research Series

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This chapter explores the complex interplay of welfare-related considerations of healthcare workers underpinning their decision to emigrate. The concepts of welfare used here refer to the subjective perceptions of wellbeing of individual workers as well as statutory procedures and policies in place to provide them with social security and public services within different welfare-state regimes. Given the fact that healthcare workers are themselves providers of welfare to those in need of medical treatment and care, the chapter also discusses the workers’ ethical considerations about leaving patients behind on the one hand and pursuance of providing healthcare in other countries on the other. Hence, it explores how the provision of welfare to others builds into their own imaginaries and feeds the rationale behind the decision to migrate. The chapter builds on the findings from 27 semi-structured interviews conducted with healthcare workers who emigrated from Slovenia. Furthermore, the Slovenian case is used to illustrate the impact of their ground-level subjective decisions on systemic and normative frameworks in times of persistent shortages of healthcare workers in Slovenia.

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Physicians Migration from Western Balkan

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Migration Intent of Health Care Workers during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Kosovo

Migration Intent of Health Care Workers during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Kosovo

Barriers to Confidentiality Protection in Adolescent Health Care: A Survey of Serbian Primary Healthcare Paediatricians and Gynaecologists

Welfare Considerations Underpinning Healthcare Workers’ Decision About Migration: The Case of Slovenia

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