Specialists, technology, and newborns - Too much of a good thing

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 346, Issue 20, 2002, Pages 1574-1575

  Grumbach, Kevin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY CARE; EDITORIAL; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NEONATOLOGY; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NEWBORN MORTALITY; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TECHNOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; NEONATOLOGY; RISK FACTORS; SPECIALTIES, MEDICAL; TECHNOLOGY, HIGH-COST; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037118283     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM200205163462012     Document Type: Editorial

References (11)

1. The relation between the availability of neonatal intensive care and neonatal mortality
2. Physician supply and access to care in urban communities
3. Income inequality, primary care, and health indicators
4. Primary care physician supply and colorectal cancer
5. The relationship of health professional shortage areas to health status: Implications for health manpower policy
6. Does physician specialty affect the survival of elderly patients with myocardial infarction?
7. The supply of surgeons and the demand for operations
8. The effects of patient volume and level of care at the hospital of birth on neonatal mortality
9. Economic and demographic trends signal an impending physician shortage