Forecasting the global shortage of physicians: An economic- and needs-based approach

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 86, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 516-523

  Scheffler, Richard M ^a   Liu, Jenny X ^b   Kinfu, Yohannes ^c   Dal Poz, Mario R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC GROWTH; FORECASTING METHOD; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH WORKER; MIGRATION;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; ECONOMIC MODEL; FUTUROLOGY; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; JOB MARKET; MIGRATION; NEEDS BASED MODEL; PHYSICIAN; POPULATION DENSITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

AFRICA; COST OF ILLNESS; FORECASTING; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH MANPOWER; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PHYSICIANS; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 46449091684     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: 15640604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2471/BLT.07.046474     Document Type: Article

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