Trends in market demand for internal medicine 1999 to 2004: An analysis of physician job advertisements

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1079-1085

  Auerbach, Andrew D ^a,d   Chlouber, Richard ^b   Singler, Jennifer ^a   Lurie, Jon D ^c   Bostrom, Alan ^a   Wachter, Robert M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d Department of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Hospitalists; Internal medicine; Physician workforce; Primary care

Indexed keywords

ADVERTIZING; ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PHYSICIAN; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE;

ADVERTISING; HUMANS; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MARKETING; PHYSICIANS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPECIALTIES, MEDICAL;

EID: 33748365646     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1497.2006.00558.x     Document Type: Article

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