Key factors in physicians' choice of practice location: Findings from a survey of practitioners and their spouses

Health and Place

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 27-34

  Kazanjian, Arminée ^a   Pagliccia, Nino ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Location decision; Physicians; Practice location; Rural; Satisfaction; Spouse; Urban

Indexed keywords

GENERAL PRACTICE; LOCATION DECISION; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; PRACTICE LOCATION;

CANADA;

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; DECISION MAKING; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FAMILY; HUMAN; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SATISFACTION; SPOUSE; URBAN AREA;

EID: 0029669696     PISSN: 13538292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/1353-8292(95)00039-9     Document Type: Article

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