How important are economic factors in choice of medical specialty?

Health Economics

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 67-73

  Thornton, James ^a   Esposto, Fred ^a  

^a EASTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Allocation mechanisms; Medical specialties

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EMPLOYMENT; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH ECONOMICS; INCOME; LEISURE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PHYSICIAN; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; WORK SCHEDULE;

CAREER CHOICE; CONTRACT SERVICES; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INCOME; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; MOTIVATION; PHYSICIANS; SALARIES AND FRINGE BENEFITS; SPECIALTIES, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037253156     PISSN: 10579230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hec.682     Document Type: Article

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