Improving accountability for the public investment in health profession education: It's time to try health workforce planning

JAMA

Volumn 300, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1205-1207

  Goodman, David C ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH POLICY AND CLINICAL PRACTICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDITORIAL; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE MANPOWER; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PROFESSION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMICS; EDUCATION; MANPOWER; MEDICINE; NOTE; POLICY; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

CAREER CHOICE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; HEALTH MANPOWER; HEALTH OCCUPATIONS; HEALTH PLANNING; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; PUBLIC POLICY; SPECIALTIES, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 51449093736     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.300.10.1205     Document Type: Editorial

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