The Migration Of Health Workers From Developing Countries

With the existing trend of shortages in healthcare providers and professionals, the recruitment and retention of this type of staff in a rural area may

It takes a long time to increase the supply of health care professionals. Health care costs were soon rising rapidly. As a result, health care expenditures as a percent of GDP increased from 5 percent to 16 percent (Finkelstein, 2005)

Building off the increased ability of recruiting health professional comes even more heightened salary comparison. In a study conducted with many countries,

The challenges associated with the HRM i.e. human resource management includes the distribution and composition of health care work force. In addition to this, the issues related to the training of the work force are also a challenge for the human resource management. The relocation of the health workers is also a great concern. Moreover, the degree of economic development is also a great challenge that negatively impacts the level of performance shown by a health care organization. These challenges must be addressed properly in order to have an effective health care delivery anywhere in the world.

The brain drain is not confined to physicians. Doctors represent only one quarter of health workers who made the move to the states in 1996, with nurses making up the majority

Globalization is changing the healthcare sector rapidly and radically through the circulation of medical goods and services. Therefore, the core of globalization is on basis of multilateral agreements between nations. However the very nature of globalization and the agreements between the developed country and developing and underdeveloped country means that the process benefits the former while the latter often loses or gets a meager trickle down from the benefits. For example in the case study it is established that due to the shortage of radiologists in America, radiologists are often expensive and take home a large paycheck of approximately $400,000. Outsourcing to Indian radiologists would not only reduce the workload of the American radiologists but also cut costs. Cost cutting would be achieved through cheaper professional fees for the Indian radiologist who gets approximately a tenth of what their American counterpart receives. This means that globalization in this sense benefits the American population and professionals, while the Indians lose.

The vacant positions need to be filled by new “cogs” and the physicians will do this is if they receive lots of money (Phillips, 2014). Money isn’t always what is going to draw people to work in Saskatchewan (Kaul, 2013). It could be the lifestyle, opportunities and many other aspects (Kaul, 2013). They may have come to the country to provide their family with a better life and opportunity but to the government they are just here to work.

comparable physicians in the United States (Herrick, 2007). Median nurses’ salaries in the United States are typically 50 percent greater than those in many overseas locations. Furthermore, unskilled and semiskilled labor, such as technicians and housekeeping staff may be procured at massive discounts when compared to U.S. wages. The end result is these reduced labor rates make it extremely cost effective to both build and operate medical facilities in overseas locations.

Growing up in the United States, I’ve realized that many Filipinos specialize in the medical field. Why are Filipino nurses migrating to the United States? America is known for its vast amount of opportunities. According to my past experiences, my family came to America for the higher wages in the medical field and to start a new life. There were not enough jobs for nurses in their homeland. Filipino nurses migrated to escape the hardships in the Philippines. They came to seek education and career opportunities in America that the Philippines lack.

A lot of people are bewildered why more foreign doctors are not invited to work in American workplaces. There is a severe discrimination and prejudice amongst anyone who is not an innate U.S. citizen. One of the main reasons why Americans are trying to push foreigners away is for the safety of their nation. Some Americans think that all foreigners are terrorists and are set out to destroy Americans but this is not true at all. In fact, statistics show that foreigners actually bring good to the nation. Brian Palmer, author of Slate magazine says, “During the 1990s, a series of studies showed that graduates of foreign medical colleges performed slightly worse on exams than their U.S.-trained colleagues, and program heads gave marginally better reviews to domestic physicians. By the turn of the century, however, that gap had disappeared. International graduates now score higher than U.S.-educated doctors on many exams” (Palmer). This was shocking to know that even though foreign doctors are doing better than domestic doctors, they are still mistreated.

In recent decades countries have noted the substantial benefits these highly skilled and educated immigrants create once established in the visiting country. Which is why between the decades of 1990 to 2000 there was an increase in the migration of highly skilled immigrants in various developing countries around the world. The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, an international organization assisting governments in tackling the economic, social and political challenges of a globalized economy, provides data of the worldwide distribution of high skilled immigrants. In 2000, the United States was the leading country containing more than 10 million highly-skilled immigrants an increase of over 5 million highly skilled immigrants

I didn’t know Florida had such a large population of farm migrant workers, and it’s also great to know that Health Care Centers work hard to offer affordable care for this population, that most of the time have no insurance coverage. Due to the shortage of health care professionals in rural areas, nurses play a very important role with farm migrant workers. Just like you mentioned, education, along with prevention of health disruption are the two most important things that nurses need to ensure, in order to prevent the development of health problems, and achieve optimal health.

The number of physicians in the country has been decreasing at such a great rate that the government and other stakeholders in the health care sector are trying to camouflage this by increasing the number of foreign doctors practicing in the country. The American Medical Association has been trying to promote these re-entry programs designed for physicians since the year 2009 to help curb this problem. There are many people who can see what the problem is, but it is not possible for them to do much about it. Physicians also see this problem, and they are well aware of why the shortage is arising, but they are also unable to do much to prevent the issue. There are many problems that lead to the shortage of physicians, and unless something is done, it will continue escalating ADDIN EN.CITE Lynch19721573(Lynch, 1972)1573157317Lynch, MichaelThe Physician "Shortage": The Economists' MirrorAnnals of the American Academy of Political and Social ScienceAnnals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science82-88399ArticleType: research-article / Issue Title: The Nation's Health: Some Issues / Full publication date: Jan., 1972 / Copyright © 1972 American Academy of Political and Social Science1972Sage Publications, Inc. in association with the American Academy of Political and Social Science00027162http://www.jstor.org/stable/1040122( HYPERLINK l "_ENREF_6" o "Lynch, 1972 #1573" Lynch, 1972).

Shortage of healthcare workers in US is a well-known phenomenon. With the baby-boomer generation coming to its retirement the acute shortage of talented workforce is a major challenge before the US health care. There are a number of trends in health care that are currently affecting the workforce dynamics. The use of technology in health care has increased over time and increasingly health care organizations are adopting new technologies to make their services better. It is an important trend that has also affected the health care workforce. Increased use of Information Technology in the health care organizations has led to related changes in the composition of the workforce too. But not just this, there are also a number of other

Kenya is one of many African countries that are facing many problems in the field of human resources for health (HRH). Northern Kenya is the most affected area and thus it has the lowest rates of health professionals. Insufficient and uneven distribution of health workers is one of many major causes of the crisis, especially in rural areas. Also, high migration rates, poor working environment, low wages, and gender distribution are major factors for HRH crisis in Kenya. The population of Kenya is 43.2 million, whereas the labour market only covers 16.6 million health workers. The number of people entering the job market is very high, competing with 50,000 jobs. The rates of employment in Kenya are very low and the rates of female workers are lower than men (graph1). This paper will provide a brief overview of the HRH labour market in Kenya. This paper will look at the factors that caused problems in HRH as well as provide some recommendations that may help tackle some of the HRH problems in Kenya.