A demand-based assessment of the Canadian anesthesia workforce - 2002 through 2007

Canadian Journal of Anesthesia

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 18-25

  Engen, Dale A ^a   Morewood, Gordon H ^a,b   Ghazar, Nancy J ^a   Ashbury, Ted ^a   VanDenKerkhof, Elizabeth G ^a   Wang, Louie ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b PENN PRESBYTERIAN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIA; ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HOSPITAL UTILIZATION; OPERATING ROOM; POSTAL MAIL; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; TELEPHONE;

EID: 14944363548     PISSN: 0832610X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03018575     Document Type: Article

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