BACKGROUND Regional mortality differences are an important public health indicator and can serve as the basis for population forecasts and local planning. Health-related migration at old age may distort observed regional mortality. OBJECTIVE We assess whether or not internal migration in late life has the potential for distortion of regional old-age mortality rates and differences therein. DATA...

There have been obstacles for internal migrants in China in accessing local public health services for some time. This study aimed to estimate the utilization of local public health services and its determinants among internal migrants. Data were from the 2014 and 2015 nationally representative cross-sectional survey of internal migrants in China. Multivariate logistic regressions were used to ...

INTRODUCTION Trained human resources are fundamental for well-functioning health systems, and the lack of health workers undermines public sector capacity to meet population health needs. While external brain drain from low and middle-income countries is well described, there is little understanding of the degree of internal brain drain, and how increases in health sector funding through global...

Since the late 1980s, the Chinese government has gradually eased restrictions to internal migration. This easing, along with rapid growth of the Chinese economy, substantial increases in foreign and domestic investments, and policies encouraging development in the Western provinces, have greatly stimulated internal migration. Earlier studies have established that since the 1980s, migration patt...

This paper analyses the determinants of internal migration in Spain between 1995 and 2002. After a brief descriptive study, we begin by presenting an analytical model of internal migration flows. Subsequently, we carry out a semiparametric analysis of some of the main factors affecting the size of net migration rates. The general conclusion that we come to is that these rates are mainly influen...

PURPOSE One of the major drawbacks of peritoneal dialysis (PD) is catheter migration and dysfunction. Preventing catheter migration is one of the main concerns. We compared laparoscopic internal fixation method with open surgical method for catheter migration rates. METHODS From January 2008 to August 2009, PD catheters were inserted by laparoscopic fixation (LF) method in 22 patients and by ...

Internal migration has an important role in population redistribution and development. It is instrumental in the redistribution of human resources and productivity improvements. Migration is multi-dimensional in nature, involving temporal and spatial dimensions. This paper uses the 2 per cent sample data from the 1991 and 2000 population censuses to examine the levels and patterns of inter-stat...