New data on African health professionals abroad
New data on African health professionals abroad
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DOI：
10.1186/1478-4491-6-1
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发表时间：
2008-01-10
影响因子：
4.5
通讯作者：
Pettersson, Gunilla
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作者：
Clemens, Michael A.;Pettersson, Gunilla
背景：医生和护士从非洲移徙到发达国家，引起了人们对非洲医疗人才外流的担忧。但是，由于缺乏关于非洲卫生工作者国际流动程度的系统数据，对这一现象的原因和影响的实证研究受到阻碍。方法：我们使用目的地国人口普查数据来估计2000年左右在发达国家工作的非洲出生的医生和专业护士的数量，并将其与每个原籍国的这些工作者的存量进行比较。2000年，大约有65 000名非洲出生的医生和70 000名非洲出生的专业护士在一个发达国家的海外工作。这代表了世界上非洲出生的医生的五分之一，非洲出生的专业护士的十分之一。在国外的卫生专业人员的比例变化很大，在非洲国家，从1%到70%以上的职业和national.Conclusion：这些数字是第一个标准化的，系统的，职业的具体措施，熟练的专业人员在发达国家工作，出生在大量的发展中国家。
Background: The migration of doctors and nurses from Africa to developed countries has raised fears of an African medical brain drain. But empirical research on the causes and effects of the phenomenon has been hampered by a lack of systematic data on the extent of African health workers' international movements.Methods: We use destination-country census data to estimate the number of African-born doctors and professional nurses working abroad in a developed country circa 2000, and compare this to the stocks of these workers in each country of origin.Results: Approximately 65,000 African-born physicians and 70,000 African-born professional nurses were working overseas in a developed country in the year 2000. This represents about one fifth of African-born physicians in the world, and about one tenth of African-born professional nurses. The fraction of health professionals abroad varies enormously across African countries, from 1% to over 70% according to the occupation and country.Conclusion: These numbers are the first standardized, systematic, occupation-specific measure of skilled professionals working in developed countries and born in a large number of developing countries.