Factors associated with rural doctors' intention to continue a rural career: A survey of 3072 doctors in Japan

Australian Journal of Rural Health

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 219-225

  Matsumoto, Masatoshi ^a,c   Okayama, Masanobu ^a   Inoue, Kazuo ^b   Kajii, Eiji ^a  

^a JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Education; Japan; Retention; Rural career; Rural doctor

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ANESTHESIOLOGY; ARTICLE; CAREER; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTINUING EDUCATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GASTROENTEROLOGY; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMAN; INTERNAL MEDICINE; JAPAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; PEDIATRICS; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; POSTAL MAIL; POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL HEALTH CARE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CAREER CHOICE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SPECIALTIES, MEDICAL;

EID: 23744463838     PISSN: 10385282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1584.2005.00705.x     Document Type: Article

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