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This chapter provides an overview of the background that led to the Mobility of Health Professionals (MoHProf) project and gives an introduction to the topic. Furthermore it introduces the project structure and goals as well as it summarises the process.
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Commission internal estimates. If long-term care workers are to be included, shortages could reach 2 million. See: http://ec.europa.eu/eahc/documents/news/Workshop_on_JA_5-6_12_2011_Presentations/5_12_2011/JA_2012_SANCO/4_B_Lengyel_JA_workforce.pdf
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Some others being ProMeTHEUS and RN4cast.
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When discussing countries, names used may deviate from official country names, for instance: Russia, for Russian Federation; Slovakia for Slovak Republic; United States for United States of America.
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Tjadens, F., Eckert, J., Weilandt, C. (2013). Introduction. In: Mobility of Health Professionals. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-34053-6_1
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