Influence of hometown on family physicians' choice to practice in rural settings

Family Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 248-254

  Wade, Michael E ^a   Brokaw, James J ^a   Zollinger, Terrell W ^a,b   Wilson, Jeffrey S ^a   Springer, James R ^a   Deal, Dennis W ^a   White, Gary W ^a   Barclay, Jonathan C ^a   Holloway, Angela M ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE TEST; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GENDER; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; RURAL AREA; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY; URBAN AREA;

CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DATABASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIANA; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE LOCATION; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 34147101639     PISSN: 07423225     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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