Staying on top in dermatology: Why we must act now to address the capacity challenge

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 144, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 541-544

  Watson, Alice J ^b   Kvedar, Joseph C ^a,b  

^a Harvard Medical School ^*  (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DERMATOLOGY; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL PROFESSION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MELANOMA; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN CARE; SKIN INFECTION;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DERMATOLOGY; ECONOMIC COMPETITION; FORECASTING; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; SPECIALISM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 42549113210     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: 0003987X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archderm.144.4.541     Document Type: Editorial

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