National Health Service Corps staffing and the growth of the local rural non-NHSC primary care physician workforce

Journal of Rural Health

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 285-293

  Pathman, Donald E ^a,b   Fryer Jr , George E ^c   Phillips, Robert L ^d,e   Smucny, John ^f   Miyoshi, Thomas ^c   Green, Larry A ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d ROBERT GRAHAM CENTER   (United States)

^e GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f State University of New York Upstate Medical University: College of Medicine   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL STAFF; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; NURSE PRACTITIONER; PHYSICIAN; PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RURAL HEALTH CARE; WORK; WORK CAPACITY; WORKLOAD;

HUMANS; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; PERSONNEL SELECTION; PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33748997063     PISSN: 0890765X     EISSN: 17480361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-0361.2006.00048.x     Document Type: Article

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