Factors affecting specialty and location of practice of government-sponsored physicians in Taiwan

Journal of the Formosan Medical Association

Volumn 96, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 535-541

  Chie, Wei Chu ^a   Chang, Shu Hui ^a,c   Yang, Hui Fen ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b Bureau of Medical Affairs   (Taiwan)

^c NONE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

government sponsored physicians; obligatory service; physician supply

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; TAIWAN;

EID: 0030741231     PISSN: 09296646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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