Forecasting the need for physicians in the United States: The health resources and services administration's physician requirements model

Health Services Research

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 723-738

  Greenberg, Leonard ^a   Cultice, James M ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

physician demand; physician requirements; physician utilization; Physician work force; work force planning

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; PHYSICIAN; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEMOGRAPHY; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MANAGED CARE PROGRAMS; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PHYSICIANS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPECIALTIES, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES HEALTH RESOURCES AND SERVICES ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 0031036664     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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