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Migration intentions of health care professionals: the case of Estonia
Vork, Andres and Kallaste, Epp and Priintis, Marit |
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| This paper analyses the size and determinants of the potential migration flows of Estonian health care professionals using an opinion survey carried out in 2003. Results show that about half of Estonian health care professionals would like to work abroad, either permanently or temporarily, and around 5% have definite plan to go. The results of logistic regression models show that migration intention depends on usual socio-demographic and economic variables like age, gender, marital status, region of living, risk of losing the job, and dissatisfaction with current wages. The share of Estonian health care professionals with intention to work abroad is similar to Hungary and Czech Republic and higher than in Poland and Lithuania. High willingness to work abroad together with active recruitment by Scandinavian health care providers creates difficult and expensive choices for Estonian health policy makers. |
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