Migration and Health System in Romania

• Main Author: Simona-Andreea Apostu
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Ovidius University Press 2019-01-01
• Series: Ovidius University Annals: Economic Sciences Series
• Subjects: migration; health system; mortality rate; born dead; hospitals; doctors
• Online Access: http://stec.univ-ovidius.ro/html/anale/RO/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Section%20II/1.pdf

The health system is vital for any society, especially for developing societies and economies, such as Romania. Health system represents a barometer for the progress of a state, the quality of medical services and the health status of the population being indicators of the level of development. The purpose of this study is to establish if there is a link between the health system and migration, and for this we analyzed the variables: mortality rate, born dead, number of hospitals, number of doctors and number of emigrants. The analysis was reported for Romania, the year 2017.