Workforce projections for emergency medicine: How many emergency physicians does the united states need?

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 725-730

  Holliman, C James ^a,b   Wuerz, Richard C ^a,b   Chapman, Dane M ^c   Hirshberg, Alan J ^a,b  

^a PENN STATE MILTON S HERSHEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b YORK HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Emergency medicine; Health care reform; Manpower; Residency training; Workforce

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE MANPOWER; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

EID: 0030756942     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.1997.tb03768.x     Document Type: Article

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