Letters
Croatia's brain drain
BMJ 2005; 331 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.331.7526.1204 (Published 17 November 2005) Cite this as: BMJ 2005;331:1204- Ozren Polasek, research assistant in medical informatics (opolasek@snz.hr),
- Kolcic Ivana, research assistant in epidemiology
- Andrija Stampar School of Public Health, Medical School, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
EDITOR—The migration of medical professionals from developing countries has become a global problem.1 Although the temporary migration of doctors for training purposes benefits the country doctors emigrate from through upgrading skills, permanent migration represents a net transfer of human capital from the emigrating country.2 New member states …
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