The primary care physician workforce in Massachusetts: Implications for the workforce in rural, small town America

Journal of Rural Health

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 375-383

  Stenger, Joseph ^a,b   Cashman, Suzanne B ^a   Savageau, Judith A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b Barre Family Health Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; JOB SATISFACTION; MANPOWER; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; RISK; RURAL HEALTH CARE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DATA COLLECTION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; LOGISTIC MODELS; MASSACHUSETTS; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PERSONNEL SELECTION; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE LOCATION; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 52949100656     PISSN: 0890765X     EISSN: 17480361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-0361.2008.00184.x     Document Type: Article

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