Table 3

Average annual variation in the number of foreign EEA physicians working in Germany, France and Norway between 2003 and 2005.

Years

Countries

2003

2004–2005


European Union

Austria

168

157

Belgium

102

92

Czech Republic

52

33

Cyprus

3

-2

Denmark

31

-5

Estonia

5

3

Finland

3

-10

France

0

7

Germany

86

78

Greece

86

114

Hungary

12

23

Italy

88

89

Latvia

1

3

Lithuania

17

13

Luxembourg

17

2

Malta

0

1

Netherlands

9

14

Poland

196

160

Portugal

6

9

Ireland

2

3

Slovakia

74

74

Slovenia

3

6

Spain

33

30

Sweden

-3

-61

United Kingdom

23

15

Non-EU FMC

Iceland

1

-10

Norway

1

2

Switzerland

8

8


In bold, EU countries joined to EU in 2004.

Source: elaborated through data from the German15, French18 and Norwegian19 medical associations.

García-Pérez et al. BMC Health Services Research 2007 7:201   doi:10.1186/1472-6963-7-201

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