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2005, 530 hospital doctors, 340 dental practitioners, 950 nurses and 410 nursing<br />

auxiliaries and assistants were registered in <strong>the</strong> Worker Registration Scheme as coming<br />

from <strong>the</strong> new EU member states (Dumont and Zurn, 2007). García Perez et al. (2007)<br />

point out that according to <strong>the</strong> information available for emigration in recent years does<br />

not indicate an effect of <strong>the</strong> EU enlargement in <strong>the</strong> exodous of doctors from new member<br />

states to Norway, France or Germany.<br />

We can also measure outflows of health professionals based on <strong>the</strong> intention to leave<br />

which was not as large as anticipated before accession. Outflows have not exceeded <strong>the</strong><br />

3% of domestic workforce. Although this intention to leave data should be interpreted<br />

with care and might also differ greatly from <strong>the</strong> actual outflows.<br />

The latest WHO <strong>report</strong> shows that net winners of <strong>the</strong> enlargement have been<br />

predominantly those in <strong>the</strong> EU 15. For instance, France experienced a higher increase in<br />

<strong>the</strong> number of doctors coming from Romania. Spain and also <strong>the</strong> United Kingdom <strong>report</strong><br />

important increases in <strong>the</strong> inflows of doctors from Poland and Romania.<br />

The main effect of <strong>the</strong> enlargement was to reinforce <strong>the</strong> inflows from Eastern and Central<br />

EU member states towards western parts of <strong>the</strong> EU. Never<strong>the</strong>less, it is very soon to draw<br />

conclusions on <strong>the</strong> effects of EU enlargement. Recent data from Estonia, Hungary (for<br />

<strong>the</strong> years 2009 and 2010) reveal a new increase in outflows due to <strong>the</strong> economic<br />

recession.<br />

I.3.4 Motives to immigrate: Pull and push factors<br />

The motives for migrating are often characterized as “push” and “pull factors”. Buchan et<br />

al. (2003) summarizes some of <strong>the</strong> possible main push and pull factors related to health<br />

workers (see Table 2).<br />

Table I.3.4.1: Main “pull” and “push” factors in migration and international recruitment of<br />

health workers<br />

Push factors Pull factors<br />

Low pay Higher pay<br />

Poor working conditions Opportunities for remittances<br />

Lack of resources Better working conditions<br />

Limited career opportunities Career opportunities<br />

Limited educational opportunities Better resourced health systems<br />

Provision of post basic education<br />

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