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In regards to the mobility of European doctors (outflows), a World Health Organization
(WHO) report published in 2009 (Dussault et al., 2009) reports that in New Zealand, 46%
of all foreign trained doctors in 2006 were from Europe. The primary suppliers were the
UK (2,634) and Ireland (151). Hassel et al. (2008) report that 6-9% of British-trained
doctors were working outside the Britain. Also, in Canada, European doctors accounted
for 38% of all foreign trained doctors in 2005, mainly from UK (2,164), Ireland (1,115)
and France (422). In the United States, foreign doctors trained in the EU account for 18%
of all foreign doctors belonging to the American Medical Association (AMA) in 2006.
Italy (4,980), Spain (4,570), Germany (4,462) and UK (4,358) were the main suppliers of
doctors to the United States. Finally, in South Africa, half of the immigration is coming
from Europe. This latter result is driven by the flows from the UK which represented
1321 doctors in 2004 and it is classified as the biggest migration to South Africa.
Within the EU, Albanian doctors tent to immigrate Italy. Czech doctors go to the United
Kingdom (Dussault et al., 2009). By far the most popular destination of Polish doctors
was United Kingdom (1,633 doctors). Substantial levels of migration of Polish doctors
were also registered over the period 2004-2007 in Sweden (417), Germany (417), Ireland
(185), and Denmark (139) (Leniowska, 2006). Norwegian and Swedish doctors choose to
migrate mainly to Denmark. Denmark also receives doctors from Poland, Russia, and
Germany. The small numbers of doctors who emigrate from Armenia tend to go to the
United Kingdom. Austrian physicians prefer German. Between 1988 and 2007, the
number of Austrian medical doctors on the German registry increased from 260 to 1613.
Between 2000 and 2008, the annual outflows of German medical doctors almost tripled,
mostly to Switzerland, Austria, the United States and United Kingdom. For instance, in
2006, a total of 1,006 doctors moved to these countries. While Only 264 doctors moved
to United Kingdom and Scandinavian countries in that year (Kopetsch, 2009). Italian
doctors prefer the United Kingdom and Germany. In Belgium, before 2004, the inflow
came from neighboring countries (France, Netherlands, and Germany) and to a lesser
extent from Spain and Italy. After 2004, the largest group of immigrants comes from the
Eastern part of the EU (Poland and Romania) (see, Stordeur and Léonard, 2010.). About
quarter of qualified Spanish doctors work abroad with Portugal and UK the most
preferred locations (Villanueva, 2008). A significant number of Hungarian doctors are
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