Comparing the treatment provided by migrant and non-migrant health professionals: dentists in Scotland

Martin Chalkley, Colin Tilley and Shaolin Wang

No 249, Dundee Discussion Papers in Economics from Economic Studies, University of Dundee

Abstract: Many OECD countries are increasingly relying on migrants to address shortages of trained health professionals. One key concern is whether migrant health professionals provide equivalent health care. We compare the treatment provided by migrant and non-migrant health professionals using administrative data from the Scottish dental system. A difference-in-differences model is estimated to examine whether migrant dentists respond differently to case mix and individual circumstances as compared with their non-migrant counterparts, and assess the extent to which any differences diminish over time. After controlling for both observed and unobserved differences between individual dentists and the cohort of patients that they treat, we find that migrant dentists have marginally different practice styles, and the variation diminishes over time within two years of practice.

Keywords: Migrant health professionals; Treatment difference; Assimilation; British NHS; Administrative data (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C23 I11 I18 J61 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 15 pages
Date: 2011-01
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-hea and nep-mig
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