THE MIGRATION OF THE ROMANIAN PHYSICIANS: SOCIO - DEMOGRAPHIC AND ECONOMICAL DIMENSIONS

The migration of the Romanian physicians is a very actual part of the more general labor force migration phenomenon in Romania, and its socio‐economical relevance regards its effects on the public health system. The magnitude of the phenomenon is difficult to be outlined only in the light of the current official statistics that do notencompass all its aspects and cannot provide a complete and exact image of it. The analysis and the interpretation of the statistical data provided by the most important institutions of Romania, by the international organisms and by some studies published in this field of activity at national and regional level, and also ofthe information offered by the media have allowed us to have a better knowledge of the socio‐demographic and economical dimensions of the Romanian medical migration phenomenon. Using different statistical sources, we have tried to avoid the possible unilateral intentions that could have be contained in some studies, so because of this fact we have made the analysis complete by using for this purposethe interpretative method inspired by social constructivism, hermeneutics and phenomenology. The results obtained in this study are represented by the emphasis on the current characteristics of the Romanian public health system and the implications of the current level of financing on the stability of the system in thelight of the medical migration.