Is medical student choice of a primary care residency influenced by debt?

MedGenMed Medscape General Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2006, Pages

  Kahn, Marc J ^a   Markert, Ronald J ^b   Lopez, Fred A ^c   Specter, Steven ^d   Randall, Howard ^c   Krane, N Kevin ^a  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MEDICAL STUDENT; PREDICTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; UNITED STATES; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMICS; EDUCATION; FEMALE; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICINE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

CAREER CHOICE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; LIFE STYLE; MALE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SPECIALTIES, MEDICAL; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; TRAINING SUPPORT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33750737331     PISSN: 15310132     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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