Medical Migration : What Can We Learn from the UK's Perspective?

This paper seeks to determine the macro-economic impacts of migration of skilled medical personnel from a receiving country's perspective. The resource allocation issues are explored in theory, by developing an extension of the Rybczynski theo...

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Main Author: Rutten, Martine
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:
HIV
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/04/9357363/medical-migration-can-learn-uks-perspective
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spelling okr-10986-67222021-04-23T14:02:31Z Medical Migration : What Can We Learn from the UK's Perspective? Rutten, Martine AMBULANCE BRAIN DRAIN BUDGET INCREASE BUDGETARY IMPACT BURDEN OF DISEASE CONSEQUENCES OF MIGRATION COST OF CAPITAL COST OF HEALTH CARE COST OF PROVISION COSTS OF HEALTH CARE COUNTRY OF DESTINATION COUNTRY OF ORIGIN DEMAND FOR HEALTH DEMAND FOR HEALTH CARE DEPENDENCY RATIO DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DOCTORS DOMESTIC MARKET DOMESTIC WORKERS ECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS ECONOMIC POLICY ECONOMICS OF HEALTH EMPLOYMENT EQUILIBRIUM EXPORT MARKET EXTERNALITIES FOREIGN WORKERS HEALTH CARE HEALTH CARE CONSUMPTION HEALTH CARE EXPENDITURE HEALTH CARE POLICY HEALTH CARE PROVISION HEALTH CARE SYSTEM HEALTH CARE SYSTEMS HEALTH CONSEQUENCES HEALTH EFFECTS HEALTH EXPENDITURE HEALTH EXPENDITURES HEALTH OUTCOMES HEALTH PROFESSIONALS HEALTH PROVISION HEALTH SECTOR HEALTH SERVICE HEALTH SERVICES HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH HEALTH STATUS HEALTH SYSTEMS HEALTH WORKERS HIV HOSPITAL HOST COUNTRIES HOUSEHOLD STRUCTURE HOUSEHOLD SURVEY HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN RESOURCES ILL HEALTH ILLNESS IMMIGRANT IMMIGRATION IMMIGRATION LEVELS IMMIGRATION POLICY IMPACT OF MIGRATION INCOME INCOME COUNTRIES INSURANCE INSURERS INTERNATIONAL MARKET INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION INTERNATIONAL TRADE INVESTMENT IN EDUCATION LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKETS LABOR SUPPLIES LABOR SUPPLY LABOUR LABOUR FORCE LABOUR MARKET LABOUR MOBILITY LABOUR SUPPLY LIVING CONDITIONS MEDICAL INSTRUMENTS MEDICAL INSURANCE MEDICAL PERSONNEL MEDICAL SCHOOL MEDICAL SERVICES MIGRANT WORKERS MIGRANTS MIGRATION MIGRATION FLOWS NATIONAL HEALTH NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE NUMBER OF PEOPLE NUMBER OF WORKERS NURSE NURSES PANDEMIC PHYSICIANS POINT OF DEPARTURE POLICY IMPLICATIONS POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POOR HEALTH PRICES OF HEALTH CARE PRIVATE CARE PRODUCT MARKETS PRODUCT PRICES PRODUCTIVITY GAP PROGRESS PROVISION OF HEALTH CARE PROVISION OF HEALTH SERVICES PROVISION OF TREATMENT PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC HEALTH CARE PULL FACTORS PUSH FACTORS REAL WAGE REMITTANCE REMITTANCES RESOURCE ALLOCATION RESPECT SERVICE CAPACITY SERVICE DELIVERY SICKNESS ABSENCE SKILL TYPE SKILLED HEALTH PERSONNEL SKILLED WORKERS SOCIAL CLASS SOCIAL SCIENCE SOCIAL WELFARE SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA SUPPLIERS TEMPORARY MIGRATION UNSKILLED LABOR UNSKILLED WORKERS WORK FORCE WORKER WORKERS WORKFORCE This paper seeks to determine the macro-economic impacts of migration of skilled medical personnel from a receiving country's perspective. The resource allocation issues are explored in theory, by developing an extension of the Rybczynski theorem in a low-dimension Heckscher-Ohlin framework, and empirically, by developing a static computable general equilibrium model for the United Kingdom with an extended health sector component. Using simple diagrams, an expansion of the health sector by recruiting immigrant skilled workers in certain cases is shown to compare favorably to the (short-term) long-term alternative of using domestic (unskilled) workers. From a formal analysis, changes in non-health outputs are shown to depend on factor-bias and scale effects. The net effects generally are indeterminate. The main finding from the applied model is that importing foreign doctors and nurses into the United Kingdom yields higher overall welfare gains than a generic increase in the National Health Service budget. Welfare gains rise in case of wage protection. 2012-05-30T22:01:48Z 2012-05-30T22:01:48Z 2008-04 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/04/9357363/medical-migration-can-learn-uks-perspective http://hdl.handle.net/10986/6722 English Policy Research Working Paper No. 4593 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research Europe and Central Asia United Kingdom
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topic AMBULANCE
BRAIN DRAIN
BUDGET INCREASE
BUDGETARY IMPACT
BURDEN OF DISEASE
CONSEQUENCES OF MIGRATION
COST OF CAPITAL
COST OF HEALTH CARE
COST OF PROVISION
COSTS OF HEALTH CARE
COUNTRY OF DESTINATION
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN
DEMAND FOR HEALTH
DEMAND FOR HEALTH CARE
DEPENDENCY RATIO
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DOCTORS
DOMESTIC MARKET
DOMESTIC WORKERS
ECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS
ECONOMIC POLICY
ECONOMICS OF HEALTH
EMPLOYMENT
EQUILIBRIUM
EXPORT MARKET
EXTERNALITIES
FOREIGN WORKERS
HEALTH CARE
HEALTH CARE CONSUMPTION
HEALTH CARE EXPENDITURE
HEALTH CARE POLICY
HEALTH CARE PROVISION
HEALTH CARE SYSTEM
HEALTH CARE SYSTEMS
HEALTH CONSEQUENCES
HEALTH EFFECTS
HEALTH EXPENDITURE
HEALTH EXPENDITURES
HEALTH OUTCOMES
HEALTH PROFESSIONALS
HEALTH PROVISION
HEALTH SECTOR
HEALTH SERVICE
HEALTH SERVICES
HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH
HEALTH STATUS
HEALTH SYSTEMS
HEALTH WORKERS
HIV
HOSPITAL
HOST COUNTRIES
HOUSEHOLD STRUCTURE
HOUSEHOLD SURVEY
HUMAN CAPITAL
HUMAN RESOURCES
ILL HEALTH
ILLNESS
IMMIGRANT
IMMIGRATION
IMMIGRATION LEVELS
IMMIGRATION POLICY
IMPACT OF MIGRATION
INCOME
INCOME COUNTRIES
INSURANCE
INSURERS
INTERNATIONAL MARKET
INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION
INTERNATIONAL TRADE
INVESTMENT IN EDUCATION
LABOR MARKET
LABOR MARKETS
LABOR SUPPLIES
LABOR SUPPLY
LABOUR
LABOUR FORCE
LABOUR MARKET
LABOUR MOBILITY
LABOUR SUPPLY
LIVING CONDITIONS
MEDICAL INSTRUMENTS
MEDICAL INSURANCE
MEDICAL PERSONNEL
MEDICAL SCHOOL
MEDICAL SERVICES
MIGRANT WORKERS
MIGRANTS
MIGRATION
MIGRATION FLOWS
NATIONAL HEALTH
NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE
NUMBER OF PEOPLE
NUMBER OF WORKERS
NURSE
NURSES
PANDEMIC
PHYSICIANS
POINT OF DEPARTURE
POLICY IMPLICATIONS
POLICY RESEARCH
POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER
POOR HEALTH
PRICES OF HEALTH CARE
PRIVATE CARE
PRODUCT MARKETS
PRODUCT PRICES
PRODUCTIVITY GAP
PROGRESS
PROVISION OF HEALTH CARE
PROVISION OF HEALTH SERVICES
PROVISION OF TREATMENT
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
PUBLIC HEALTH
PUBLIC HEALTH CARE
PULL FACTORS
PUSH FACTORS
REAL WAGE
REMITTANCE
REMITTANCES
RESOURCE ALLOCATION
RESPECT
SERVICE CAPACITY
SERVICE DELIVERY
SICKNESS ABSENCE
SKILL TYPE
SKILLED HEALTH PERSONNEL
SKILLED WORKERS
SOCIAL CLASS
SOCIAL SCIENCE
SOCIAL WELFARE
SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
SUPPLIERS
TEMPORARY MIGRATION
UNSKILLED LABOR
UNSKILLED WORKERS
WORK FORCE
WORKER
WORKERS
WORKFORCE
spellingShingle AMBULANCE
BRAIN DRAIN
BUDGET INCREASE
BUDGETARY IMPACT
BURDEN OF DISEASE
CONSEQUENCES OF MIGRATION
COST OF CAPITAL
COST OF HEALTH CARE
COST OF PROVISION
COSTS OF HEALTH CARE
COUNTRY OF DESTINATION
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN
DEMAND FOR HEALTH
DEMAND FOR HEALTH CARE
DEPENDENCY RATIO
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DOCTORS
DOMESTIC MARKET
DOMESTIC WORKERS
ECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS
ECONOMIC POLICY
ECONOMICS OF HEALTH
EMPLOYMENT
EQUILIBRIUM
EXPORT MARKET
EXTERNALITIES
FOREIGN WORKERS
HEALTH CARE
HEALTH CARE CONSUMPTION
HEALTH CARE EXPENDITURE
HEALTH CARE POLICY
HEALTH CARE PROVISION
HEALTH CARE SYSTEM
HEALTH CARE SYSTEMS
HEALTH CONSEQUENCES
HEALTH EFFECTS
HEALTH EXPENDITURE
HEALTH EXPENDITURES
HEALTH OUTCOMES
HEALTH PROFESSIONALS
HEALTH PROVISION
HEALTH SECTOR
HEALTH SERVICE
HEALTH SERVICES
HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH
HEALTH STATUS
HEALTH SYSTEMS
HEALTH WORKERS
HIV
HOSPITAL
HOST COUNTRIES
HOUSEHOLD STRUCTURE
HOUSEHOLD SURVEY
HUMAN CAPITAL
HUMAN RESOURCES
ILL HEALTH
ILLNESS
IMMIGRANT
IMMIGRATION
IMMIGRATION LEVELS
IMMIGRATION POLICY
IMPACT OF MIGRATION
INCOME
INCOME COUNTRIES
INSURANCE
INSURERS
INTERNATIONAL MARKET
INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION
INTERNATIONAL TRADE
INVESTMENT IN EDUCATION
LABOR MARKET
LABOR MARKETS
LABOR SUPPLIES
LABOR SUPPLY
LABOUR
LABOUR FORCE
LABOUR MARKET
LABOUR MOBILITY
LABOUR SUPPLY
LIVING CONDITIONS
MEDICAL INSTRUMENTS
MEDICAL INSURANCE
MEDICAL PERSONNEL
MEDICAL SCHOOL
MEDICAL SERVICES
MIGRANT WORKERS
MIGRANTS
MIGRATION
MIGRATION FLOWS
NATIONAL HEALTH
NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE
NUMBER OF PEOPLE
NUMBER OF WORKERS
NURSE
NURSES
PANDEMIC
PHYSICIANS
POINT OF DEPARTURE
POLICY IMPLICATIONS
POLICY RESEARCH
POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER
POOR HEALTH
PRICES OF HEALTH CARE
PRIVATE CARE
PRODUCT MARKETS
PRODUCT PRICES
PRODUCTIVITY GAP
PROGRESS
PROVISION OF HEALTH CARE
PROVISION OF HEALTH SERVICES
PROVISION OF TREATMENT
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
PUBLIC HEALTH
PUBLIC HEALTH CARE
PULL FACTORS
PUSH FACTORS
REAL WAGE
REMITTANCE
REMITTANCES
RESOURCE ALLOCATION
RESPECT
SERVICE CAPACITY
SERVICE DELIVERY
SICKNESS ABSENCE
SKILL TYPE
SKILLED HEALTH PERSONNEL
SKILLED WORKERS
SOCIAL CLASS
SOCIAL SCIENCE
SOCIAL WELFARE
SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
SUPPLIERS
TEMPORARY MIGRATION
UNSKILLED LABOR
UNSKILLED WORKERS
WORK FORCE
WORKER
WORKERS
WORKFORCE
Rutten, Martine
Medical Migration : What Can We Learn from the UK's Perspective?
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description This paper seeks to determine the macro-economic impacts of migration of skilled medical personnel from a receiving country's perspective. The resource allocation issues are explored in theory, by developing an extension of the Rybczynski theorem in a low-dimension Heckscher-Ohlin framework, and empirically, by developing a static computable general equilibrium model for the United Kingdom with an extended health sector component. Using simple diagrams, an expansion of the health sector by recruiting immigrant skilled workers in certain cases is shown to compare favorably to the (short-term) long-term alternative of using domestic (unskilled) workers. From a formal analysis, changes in non-health outputs are shown to depend on factor-bias and scale effects. The net effects generally are indeterminate. The main finding from the applied model is that importing foreign doctors and nurses into the United Kingdom yields higher overall welfare gains than a generic increase in the National Health Service budget. Welfare gains rise in case of wage protection.
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author Rutten, Martine
author_facet Rutten, Martine
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title Medical Migration : What Can We Learn from the UK's Perspective?
title_short Medical Migration : What Can We Learn from the UK's Perspective?
title_full Medical Migration : What Can We Learn from the UK's Perspective?
title_fullStr Medical Migration : What Can We Learn from the UK's Perspective?
title_full_unstemmed Medical Migration : What Can We Learn from the UK's Perspective?
title_sort medical migration : what can we learn from the uk's perspective?
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2012
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/04/9357363/medical-migration-can-learn-uks-perspective
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/6722
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