The United States rheumatology workforce: Supply and demand, 2005-2025

Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 722-729

  Deal, Chad L ^a   Hooker, Roderick ^b   Harrington, Timothy ^c   Birnbaum, Neal ^d   Hogan, Paul ^e   Bouchery, Ellen ^e   Klein Gitelman, Marisa ^f   Barr, Walter ^f  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b VA NORTH TEXAS HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

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

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e LEWIN GROUP   (United States)

^f NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE NEED; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MORTALITY; POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RETIREMENT; RHEUMATOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIANS; RHEUMATOLOGY; SPECIALISM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33947180479     PISSN: 00043591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.22437     Document Type: Article

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