Some hidden costs of faculty turnover in clinical departments in one academic medical center

Academic Medicine

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 32-36

  Schloss, Ernest P ^a   Flanagan, Daniel M ^a   Culler, Cheryl L ^b   Wright, Anne L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; FACULTY PRACTICE; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HOSPITAL FINANCE; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; MALE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SALARY AND FRINGE BENEFIT; UNITED STATES;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; CALIFORNIA; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; FACULTY, MEDICAL; FEMALE; FINANCIAL SUPPORT; HUMANS; MALE; PERSONNEL TURNOVER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SALARIES AND FRINGE BENEFITS;

EID: 58149395401     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0b013e3181906dff     Document Type: Article

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