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Physician Migration

Physician Migration is a phenomenon in health economics characterized by the cross-border or inter-regional movement of medical practitioners for professional practice, distinguished from other labor mobility patterns by its direct impact on healthcare workforce distribution, quality of care, and health system sustainability.

363

Publications

15.7K

Citations

924

Authors

564

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

90

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Publications

363

The Metrics of the Physician Brain Drain

Fitzhugh Mullan · New England Journal of Medicine · 2005 · 759 citations

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The migration of physicians from sub-Saharan Africa to the United States of America: measures of the African brain drain

Amy Hagopian, Matthew Thompson, Meredith A. Fordyce et al. · Human Resources for Health · 2004 · 427 citations · Full text

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WHAT DETERMINES MIGRATION FLOWS FROM LOW‐INCOME TO HIGH‐INCOME COUNTRIES? AN EMPIRICAL INVESTIGATION OF FIJI–U.S. MIGRATION 1972–2001

Paresh Kumar Narayan, Russell Smyth · Contemporary Economic Policy · 2005 · 348 citations

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Impact, regulation and health policy implications of physician migration in OECD countries

Mélanie Bourassa Forcier, Steven Simoens, Antonio Giuffrida · Human Resources for Health · 2004 · 316 citations · Full text

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New data on African health professionals abroad

Michael A. Clemens, Gunilla Pettersson · Human Resources for Health · 2008 · 300 citations · Full text

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Authors

924

  1. NH
    Niamh Humphries

    Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Ireland

    9 publications · 346 citations

    10

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  2. RB
    Ruairı́ Brugha

    Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Ireland

    8 publications · 291 citations

    8

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  3. TC
    Thomas C. Ricketts

    University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, United States

    8 publications · 240 citations

    8

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  4. JT
    Judith T. Shuval

    Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel

    7 publications · 180 citations

    7

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  5. SS
    Stephen S. Mick

    Virginia Commonwealth University, United States

    6 publications · 198 citations

    6

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Institutions

564

  1. Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland

    Dublin, Ireland

    10 h-index

    21 publications

    803 citations

  2. University of Washington

    Seattle, United States

    8 h-index

    15 publications

    3K citations

  3. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

    Chapel Hill, United States

    7 h-index

    12 publications

    338 citations

  4. University of Ottawa

    Ottawa, Canada

    7 h-index

    18 publications

    2.2K citations

  5. Johns Hopkins University

    Baltimore, United States

    6 h-index

    11 publications

    347 citations

  6. Hebrew University of Jerusalem

    Jerusalem, Israel

    6 h-index

    7 publications

    184 citations

  7. University of Oxford

    Oxford, United Kingdom

    6 h-index

    13 publications

    1.1K citations

  8. University of Toronto

    Toronto, Canada

    6 h-index

    7 publications

    178 citations

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Venues

  1. Human Resources for Health

    HRH · 38 publications · 2.9K citations

    28

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  2. PubMed

    Repository · 25 publications · 543 citations

    16

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  3. Social Science & Medicine

    13 publications · 846 citations

    13

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  4. BMC Health Services Research

    13 publications · 547 citations

    12

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  5. Health Policy

    9 publications · 471 citations

    9

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