Correcting the oversupply of specialists by limiting residencies for graduates of foreign medical schools

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 333, Issue 7, 1995, Pages 454-456

  Whitcomb, Michael E ^a  

^a ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN MEDICAL COLLEGES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GOVERNMENT; HEALTH INSURANCE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MEDICAL STUDENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; SHORT SURVEY;

CERTIFICATION; ECONOMIC COMPETITION; FOREIGN MEDICAL GRADUATES; HEALTH CARE REFORM; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; PHYSICIANS; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; SPECIALTIES, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0029128199     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199508173330712     Document Type: Editorial

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