Determinants of physicians' decision to specialize

Health Economics

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 721-735

  Gagné, Robert ^a   Léger, Pierre Thomas ^a  

^a HEC MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Physician specialty choice

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; EMPIRICISM; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HUMAN; INCOME; LANGUAGE; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL FEE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE PRICING; SEX DIFFERENCE; THEORETICAL MODEL; AGE; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMICS; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICINE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AGE FACTORS; CANADA; CAREER CHOICE; FEES, MEDICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MALE; MODELS, ECONOMIC; SPECIALTIES, MEDICAL;

EID: 21844475900     PISSN: 10579230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hec.970     Document Type: Article

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