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Autor/in | Müller, Markus |
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Titel | Austria's struggle for an appropriate number of medical graduates. |
Quelle | In: Beiträge zur Hochschulforschung, 43 (2021) 4, S. 66-73Infoseite zur Zeitschrift
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Sprache | deutsch; englische Zusammenfassung |
Dokumenttyp | online; gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz |
ISSN | 0171-645X; 2567-8841 |
Schlagwörter | Gesundheitswesen; Medizin; Arbeitskräftebedarf; Mangelberuf; Ausbildungskapazität; Medizinische Ausbildung; Studium; Bedarf; Defizit; Prognose; Hochschulabsolvent; Arzt; Personal; Österreich |
Abstract | At present, a number of Austrian stakeholders demand a further increase in study capacities and medical graduates in order to address a supposed shortage of physicians, following a supposed "glut" of physicians and a prediction of 20,000 unemployed MDs in the time before 2005. The claim of an impending deficit contrasts with the increasing number of MDs from about 20,000 in 1990 to about 45,000 MDs in 2019. This contribution argues that the perceived shortage is due to a number of inefficiencies in the Austrian health care sector rather than to the amount of medical students or graduates. These inefficiencies are also responsible for the comparative difficulties in retaining graduates trained in Austria and attracting medical professionals from other countries. Therefore, present challenges to the provision of medical care cannot be overcome by increasing numbers of graduates but require farsighted reforms to make the Austrian healthcare system fit for the future and attractive for young doctors. (HoF/text adopted). |
Erfasst von | Institut für Hochschulforschung (HoF) an der Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg |
Update | 2022/2 |