Mortality and physician supply: Does region hold the key to the paradox?

Health Services Research

Volumn 42, Issue 6 P1, 2007, Pages 2233-2251

  Ricketts, Thomas C ^a   Holmes, George M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b North Carolina Institute of Medicine ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Geography; Mortality; Physician supply; Primary care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEATH CERTIFICATE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MORTALITY; PHYSICIAN; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

DEMOGRAPHY; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH MANPOWER; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MORTALITY; PHYSICIANS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE LOCATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPECIALTIES, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 35948992545     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: 14756773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2007.00728.x     Document Type: Article

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