Issues in planning for specialist physicians

Medical Care

Volumn 37, Issue 6 SUPPL. 1, 1999, Pages

  Roos, Noralou P ^a   Fransoo, Randy ^a   Bogdanovic, Bogdan ^a   Friesen, David ^a   Macwilliam, Leonard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

High need populations; Needs based planning; Physician population ratios; Small area variations; Specialist supply

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CANADA; FORECASTING; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MANPOWER; MEDICINE; METHODOLOGY; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POPULATION DENSITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICS; SURGERY;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; COMMUNITY HEALTH PLANNING; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FORECASTING; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MANITOBA; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; POPULATION DENSITY; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SPECIALTIES, MEDICAL; SPECIALTIES, SURGICAL;

EID: 0033142492     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005650-199906001-00018     Document Type: Article

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