A comparison of the educational costs and incomes of physicians and other professionals

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 330, Issue 18, 1994, Pages 1280-1286

  Weeks, William B ^a   Wallace, Amy E ^a   Wallace, Myron M ^a   Welch, H Gilbert ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COLLEGE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DENTIST; HUMAN; INVESTMENT; LAW; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; OCCUPATION; PHYSICIAN INCOME; POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VOCATIONAL EDUCATION; WORKING TIME;

COMMERCE; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; DENTISTS; EDUCATION, GRADUATE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; INCOME; JURISPRUDENCE; PHYSICIANS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; SPECIALTIES, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0028287181     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199405053301807     Document Type: Article

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