Evaluation of a medical school for rural doctors

Journal of Rural Health

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 183-187

  Inoue, Kazuo ^a   Matsumoto, Masatoshi ^b   Sawada, Tsutomu ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c National Hospital Organization   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EVALUATION; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; JAPAN; MANPOWER; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION RESEARCH; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; RURAL HEALTH CARE; RURAL POPULATION; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

ADULT; CENSUSES; HUMANS; JAPAN; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; MIDDLE AGED; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE LOCATION; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; RURAL POPULATION; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL;

EID: 33947616683     PISSN: 0890765X     EISSN: 17480361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-0361.2007.00088.x     Document Type: Article

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