Conclusions
Based on our results, we conclude that the national collaboration
with Spanish health science researchers
abroad is weak, which means that good practices to both
benefit from the scientific knowledge potential and
improve the likelihood of health science researchers
returning from abroad are not put into practice. To
achieve this, it is recommended to capitalise on the willingness
of the host countries to collaborate at the international
level and to further improve the promotion of
collaboration through Sistema Nacional de Salud agents.