International Congress on Eurasian Economies
15-17 May 2025 – Konya - TURKEY
Paper properties
Paper ID : 2924
Status : Paper published
Language : Russian
Topic : Regional Economics
Presenter: Prof. Dr. Damira Japarova
Session : 5A Микроэкономика
Migration of Medical Workers in the Kyrgyz Republic: Causes and Consequences
Миграция медицинских работников в Кыргызской Республике: причины и последствия
- Prof. Dr. Damira Japarova (Kyrgyz-Turkish Manas University, Kyrgyzstan)
Abstract
According to the Ministry of Health, about 36% of specialists in the healthcare system are people of retirement age. In Kyrgyzstan, 1.5 thousand doctors left hospitals over the past year. More and more young specialists are leaving to work in private clinics or going abroad. Many specialists are leaving the country for Russia. The main motive for the migration of medical workers in Kyrgyzstan is to increase the level of wages in the Russian Federation. Despite the significant increase in wages over the past two years, the level of wages in Kyrgyzstan remains relatively low. In this regard, fashionable specialists with medical education are not particularly interested in working in the Republic and the process of migration of medical workers continues. In the Kyrgyz Republic, the only source of remuneration in the public health care system is funds from the wage fund. Payment of guaranteed and additional wages is carried out from the consolidated budget of the Single Payer in accordance with the regulations on wages and the legislative system of the Kyrgyz Republic. In order to determine the size of the wage fund in inpatient settings, last year's costs for the treated case are taken. Treatment of patients is carried out in accordance with standards, and the minimum treatment costs are selected from several alternatives. It is proposed to use legalized paid services as sources of motivation, the proceeds from which should remain in the hospital or clinic as an additional source of remuneration. Such a system remuneration of medical workers will become a factor in reducing migration in the labor market of medical workers.
JEL codes: I15, I18, I15
Japarova, Damira (2024). "Migration of Medical Workers in the Kyrgyz Republic: Causes and Consequences" in Proceedings of International Conference of Eurasian Economies 2024, pp.75-80, Bishkek, KYRGYZSTAN.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.36880/C16.02924
