title: The impact of international recruitment on healthcare delivery in France.
abstract: Mobility of Health Professionals (MoHProf), the European Commission-sponsored collaborative project, examines current trends in the mobility of health professionals to, from and within the European Union (EU). The French national level project studies the relevance of international recruitment in France by studying migratory flows and the "pull" and "preventive" factors influencing immigration of foreign health professionals to France. Using the results of the study, in this article, firstly, we quantify the phenomenon of health professional immigration and secondly, we discuss the 'pull' and 'preventive' factors. We argue that diploma and professional recognition is a variable that acts both as a 'pull' and 'preventive' factor at once and has one of the most significant impacts on international recruitment in France. We, therefore, analyze its impact on the recruitment of health professionals having obtained their diploma and qualifications abroad and the possible consequences on healthcare delivery in France.
authors.affiliation: International Hospital Federation.
authors.forename: Ioana
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Rusu
authors.forename: Ashlee
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Planck
mesh_terms: D003695:Delivery of Health Care; D005602:France; D038622:Internationality; D010560:Personnel Selection