Improving Rural Access to Emergency Physicians

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 562-565

  Handel, Daniel A ^a   Hedges, Jerris R ^a  

^a School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

emergency medicine; medical education; policy; rural; workforce

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; GOVERNMENT; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; RURAL HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

ACCREDITATION; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; PHYSICIANS; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34248569677     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1197/j.aem.2007.02.025     Document Type: Article

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