[Immigration of physicians and dentists into Hungary in the 1980's and 90's].
Following the fall of the socialist regime in Hungary (1989), it was observed by patients and doctors alike that the number of foreign physicians and dentists significantly increased in the late 1980's and the early 1990's. There was no scientific research so far about these changes. Based on a cross-sectional study in 2001, there are 39,122 registered and professionally active members in the Hungarian Medical Chamber in Hungary. There are 33,915 physicians and 5,207 dentists. At present, the total number of foreign citizens among them amounts to 797, including 517 doctors who studied in Hungarian universities, albeit in English, not in Hungarian. There are also 2,167 doctors with Hungarian citizenship with a medical diploma from abroad. It is likely, that 260-270 people in this group were already Hungarian citizens before entering medical training. Subtracting them from the 2,167 doctors and adding 517 foreigners trained in Hungary, it may be stated that approximately 2,400 doctors work in the Hungarian health care as a result of international migration.
Balazs
Peter
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Semmelweis University, Faculty of Health Sciences, Institute of Public Health Medicine, Budapest. pbalazs@hiete.hu
D003815:Dentists / Q000266:history*; D004641:Emigration and Immigration / Q000266:history*; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006814:Hungary; D010820:Physicians / Q000266:history*