Using county-level public health data to prioritize medical education topics

Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 197-204

  Sumner, Walton ^b,c   Schootman, Mario ^c   Asaro, Philip ^c   Yan, Yan ^d   Hagen, Michael D ^a  

^a American Board Family Medicine   (United States)

^b ABFM ^*

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Washington University in St Louis School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; Certification; Community; Continuing medical education; Health care quality indicators; Knowledge translation; Needs; Preventable hospitalization rates

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MISSOURI; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 57349196829     PISSN: 08941912     EISSN: 1554558X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/chp.186     Document Type: Article

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