LABOR MOBILITY OF FOREIGNERS IN SLOVAK REPUBLIC

Labor mobility during transition: Evidence from the Czech Republic*

In this paper, I analyze the development of inter-regional mobility in the Czech Republic during the transition from central planning to a market economy. I show that the intensity of migration is low and even has fallen during the transition regional disparities in unemployment rates and earnings have increased. More importantly, labor mobility is little effective in facilitating labor-market ...

Consumption of Medicaments in the Slovak Republic

High consumption of medicaments places a heavy burden on public health systems. Several major national surveys have documented important increases in the misuse and abuse of several prescription drugs (1). Analysing consumption and prescription of drugs have been conducted in several studies (2, 3). This study aimed to analyze the consumption of individual classes of medicaments in the Slovak R...

Dietary intake of sulphites by children in the Slovak Republic.

The mean dietary intake of sulphites by Slovak children aged 7 to 10 years was estimated. Calculations were based on a food model of a specific boarding-school in January, May, July and October while respecting the scientifically recommended dietary allowances. It was assumed that sulphites were used in the widest possible range of foods and at maximum permitted levels. Due to this fact and sin...

Transition and public health in the Slovak Republic.

Human dirofilariosis in the Slovak Republic - a case report.

The spread of dirofilariosis, as a newly emerging zoonosis, due to global changes has been documented in several Central European countries. In Slovakia, the first autochthonous case of dirofilariosis was recorded in dogs in 2005. The first case of human subcutaneous dirofilariosis caused by Dirofilaria repens was diagnosed in a 60- year-old patient from an area of western Slovakia. We report a...