Medical student indebtedness and the propensity to enter academic medicine

Health Economics

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 101-112

  Fox, Marc ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic medicine; Career choice; Indebtedness

Indexed keywords

CAREER; DECISION MAKING; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PHYSICIAN INCOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STATISTICAL MODEL; TEACHING; UNITED STATES;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; CAREER CHOICE; ETHNIC GROUPS; FACULTY, MEDICAL; FEMALE; FINANCING, PERSONAL; HUMANS; INCOME; INSTITUTIONAL PRACTICE; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIVATE PRACTICE; SALARIES AND FRINGE BENEFITS; SPECIALTIES, MEDICAL; TRAINING SUPPORT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037318935     PISSN: 10579230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hec.701     Document Type: Review

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