Fogorvosi szemle, 2010 (103. évfolyam, 1-4. szám)

2010-09-01 / 3. szám

FOGORVOSI SZEMLE ■ 103. évf. 3. sz. 2010.

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Dr. Balázs P:

Dentists’ in-country distribution in Hungary

Concerning the human resource management in the health care, Hungarian analysts focus mainly on cross-national migration, which was instigated considerably by joining the European Union in 2004. Contrasted to other health care professionals, dentists emphasized also the importance of in-country migration (mobility) indicating serious dangers of developing inequalities in the dental service. From the point of view of health system planning, the main problem is to balance the needs and the number of professionals in regions and areas with extremely different socio-economic conditions. Under dictatorial governments, this “balancing” (which was experienced also in Hungary) is a forced allocation of young professionals to the target regions. In political freedom and free market economy, these measures are unthinkable. The present domestic area distribution, concerning also the supply through vacancies by old age inactivity and cross-national migration, is ruled by personal decisions of actually graduated and immigrant professionals respectively. Therefore, it is unavoidable to investigate the interrelation of factors (dentists’ births place, study migration and decisions for practice allocation) ruling the in-country geographic patterns of dental practices. This evidence-based knowledge can only explain the present situation and provide guidelines for health policy decision makers.

Key words: Dentists’ birthplace and practice location, Impact of dental school location, Driving factors of professional mobility, Cross-sectional analysis

Pályázati felhívás

2010. szeptember 30. és október 2-a között a Magyar Arc-, Állcsont és Szájsebészeti Társaság XIV. kongresszusa alkalmából

a Dr. Béres Károly Alapítvány

a 35 év alatti előadók itt elhangzó legjobb előadásait díjazni fogja.

I. díj 50 000,- Ft

II. díj 30000,-Ft

III. díj 20 000.-Ft

Az előadásokat az ott megválasztott zsűri bírálja el.

Dr. Szabó György egyetemi tanár a Dr. Béres Károly Alapítvány kuratóriumának elnöke